Review of Deconstructing Harry (1997) by Hugo S — 11 Mar 2008

DECONSTRUCTING HARRY (1997).

Directed by Woody Allen.

Starring Woody Allen, Elisabeth Shue, Billy Crystal«You have no values, your whole life, its nihilism, its cynism, its sarcasm, its orgasm.»Woddy Allen is a sex-obssessed writer named Harry Block in Deconstructing Harry. His name is Harry Block, yeah its not subtle, but Allen never really is.He leans he'll be honoured by the school that once kicked him out. As he goes on a trip with a black hooker, a soon-to-be dead friend and his son, Harry strugles with his life cause his former lvoer his getting married to one of his friend.Allen is the same character as usual, nothing new here, but he does something interesting in this film. Its very vulgar in a way and the word «fuck» can be heard more often than expected. Harry likes to remember some of the stories he wrote and as we get to see his own life in flashback we get to understand everything he writes is based on people he knows, some element come back later and its all pretty interesting.The editing is very interesting, the dialogues are pretty great and the performances are top notch. The short stories that we get to see almost like sketches are definately hilarious. Thats one good Woody Allen film.