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Deconstructing Harry (1997)

★ 7.3 · 1,044 ratings on TMDB

Harry Block wrote a bestseller about his best friends. Now, his best friends are about to become his worst enemies.

Deconstructing Harry poster★ 7.3

Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

DirectorWoody Allen
CastBilly Crystal, Bob Balaban, Caroline Aaron, Elisabeth Shue, Eric Lloyd, Hazelle Goodman
GenresComedy, Drama
The emergence reading

Deconstructing Harry keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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