Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994 · Movie · R · 125 min · ★ 5.9 · 71% critics
This period drama looks back on the rise and unraveling of a sharp-tongued literary circle in 1920s New York. Amid endless parties, cutting banter, and creative ambition, it traces the loneliness and self-destructive habits hiding beneath the glamour and reputation.
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Details
- Years
- 1994
- Release date
- 1994-09-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (57 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy talky, melancholy portraits of troubled creative circles, especially in the vein of Mank; Not for you if you want a clear, fast-moving story or broadly funny wit.
Pros: rich period atmosphere; strong lead performance; literati subject matter | Cons: too many characters; hard to follow; more somber than witty
Themes
- new york city
- prohibition era
- alcohol
- biography
- romance
- flashback
- writer
- 1920s
Cast & crew
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Dorothy Parker
Campbell Scott
as Robert Benchley
Matthew Broderick
as Charles MacArthur
Peter Gallagher
as Alan Campbell
Jennifer Beals
as Gertrude Benchley
Andrew McCarthy
as Eddie Parker
Wallace Shawn
as Horatio Byrd
Martha Plimpton
as Jane Grant
Sam Robards
as Harold Ross
Lili Taylor
as Edna Ferber
Directed by Alan Rudolph