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59% Critic Match
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
“New York in the 1920's. The only place to be was the Algonquin, and the only person to know was Dorothy Parker.”
5.9 / 10• 1994• 2h 5m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Dorothy Parker
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alan Rudolph's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
