7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.0
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Trans: Neutral
Judaism: Positive
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film receives a neutral rating because its central focus is on the personal and moral failings of an individual artist and the blurred lines between his life and his art, rather than on any specific political or ideological agenda.
The movie features primarily traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative critically portrays a white, male, heterosexual protagonist, but this critique is focused on individual character flaws and personal neuroses rather than a broader, DEI-driven critique of traditional identities or systemic issues.
Secondary
The film includes a character in a lesbian relationship, but this aspect of her identity is incidental to the main narrative. It is presented without explicit judgment, neither affirming nor denigrating LGBTQ+ themes, thus resulting in a neutral portrayal.
The film includes Leslie, a former lover of the protagonist Harry, who is depicted as having undergone a sex change. Her transsexual identity is presented as a factual element within Harry's fictionalized stories, contributing to the eccentric nature of his past relationships. The portrayal is neither deeply affirming nor overtly denigrating, serving primarily as an incidental detail within the protagonist's self-centered narrative.
The film explores Jewish cultural identity and heritage through the protagonist, Harry Block, often using self-deprecating humor and satire of cultural stereotypes. While not affirming in a spiritual sense, the narrative offers nuance and depth to the character's complex relationship with his background without condemning the religion itself.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Deconstructing Harry is an original screenplay by Woody Allen. Its characters were created specifically for this film and are not based on pre-existing source material, historical figures, or previous installments. Therefore, no character's gender could have been swapped from a prior established canon.
Deconstructing Harry is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical basis, or previous adaptations from which characters' races could have been established and subsequently changed.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
7.3
Critic Ratings
7.4
6.2
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