Deconstructing Harry - Best of Woody ?

here is ANOTHER movie which deals with writer's block, but hell more funny, it's Woody Allen's "deconstructing harry", now everybody says that woody's movies all look the same lately, but every now and then he manages to surprise even the most faithful of his fans.

Woody's character in the movie is called "Harry Block" he is a famous writer with a chaotic personal life, a number of ex wives, problems with his conservative family, addiction to hookers, and now he has writer's block (Harry Block, Writer's Block, got it ??), the movie travels between the realy life of Harry Block, and some some of the character's of his stories, who are based on himself or some people he knows, which causes him more trouble.


The climax of the movie is when Harry drives to uptown New york to receive a honorary degree, taking with him his son, a hooker, a friend of his, while on the road he has encounters with real and fictional people who matterd to him, the end of the film is suprising and very pleasent, and it's as if Woddy Allen himself, was paying hommage to what made him the legendary author he is.



The cast is top notch, Billy Crystal, Demi Moore, Robin Williams, Elizabeth Shue, Tobey Maguire, and the sketches are hilarious, this is a movie which should be considered as a part of his masterpieces, along with "Annie Hall" and "Manhattan", curiously it flew under the radar, and it's almost forgotten about which is a shame, but still this movie earned him an Nth academy award nomination for best screenplay, and reminded people that ol' woody still has it, this movie is really smart funny and has wit, and the characters are amazing, and in this age of reality shows it reminds us that a movie can still have a heart and soul, and what can you say about a movie containing a reflection as deep as "All people know the same truth. Our lives consist of how we chose to distort it", along with lines as "Every hooker I ever speak to tells me that it beats the hell out of waitressing. Waitressing's gotta be the worst fu**ing job in the world", and wihtous sounding corny !


Jebbiness : 3.5/5