Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
| Fine Line Features | Release Date: November 23, 1994 |
Starring:
Campbell Scott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Broderick
Summary:
The story of the many heartbreaks of famous writer Dorothy Parker as she spends her days with the Algonquin Round Table.
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Mrs. Parker is a comedy even though it's sad, and a sort of tragedy even though it's funny, with such foggy borders between the two that pathos and humor seem to smear all over each other, like makeup running with tears. [23 Dec 1994, p.N]
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle is a bunch of bon mots in search of a larger theme. Happily, the mots are so very bon that the two hours breeze by quickly enough.
The movie is as smooth and deadening as a quart of old whiskey, and every bit as depressing as it was meant to be. But why do it at all? [23 Nov. 1994]
Mar 3, 2008
Like observing an ancient insect trapped in amber; it's a gleaming jewel from the distant past. Those of us who read Benchley and Broun and Parker as youngsters will be amazed at the way Rudolph has edited his film. The bons mots come at us as if shot from a machine gun.
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