Title:
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Released: 1994
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 126 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Tagline:
At the center of the circle is a woman ahead of her
time.
Plot
Summary: 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.
Comments:
I
enjoyed this film a lot and actually saw it twice
when it came out in England. No doubt it is a minority
taste, though. It was the first Jennifer Jason Leigh
movie I ever saw and she (and Campbell Scott) pretty
much hold most of the attention. The film's witty
dialogue was also attractive, though I did think towards
the end there was a feeling of witty characters degenerating
into mere bores. I think one reason for this is that
it captured almost too well the essence of Dorothy
Parker, a clever but basically unhappy person, and
her circle.
Cast
overview:
Jennifer Jason Leigh .... Dorothy Parker
Campbell Scott .... Robert Benchley
Matthew Broderick .... Charles MacArthur
Peter Gallagher .... Alan Campbell
Jennifer Beals .... Gertrude Benchley
Andrew McCarthy .... Eddie Parker
Wallace Shawn .... Horatio Byrd
Martha Plimpton .... Jane Grant
Sam Robards .... Harold Ross
Lili Taylor .... Edna Ferber
James LeGros .... Deems Taylor
Gwyneth Paltrow .... Paula Hunt
Nick Cassavetes .... Robert Sherwood
David Thornton .... George S. Kaufman
Heather Graham .... Mary Kennedy Taylor
Movie
scenes preview:
Scene #1
featured
actress:
