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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

1994 · 125 min

A slow, talky immersion into wit and self-destruction, watching a brilliant woman sparkle and fade among friends who can't save her.

Tagline
New York in the 1920's. The only place to be was the Algonquin, and the only person to know was Dorothy Parker.
Overview
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • addiction
  • isolation
  • friendship
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour5
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Alan Rudolph
Written by
Alan Rudolph, Randy Sue Coburn
Starring
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick, Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Beals, Andrew McCarthy, Wallace Shawn, Martha Plimpton
Music
Mark Isham
Cinematography
Jan Kiesser
Runtime
125 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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