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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
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At the center of the circle is a woman ahead of her time. morePlot:
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations moreUser Comments:
The Dark Side of Fame... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
126 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
DolbyCertification:
Germany:12 | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Finland:K-16Filming Locations:
Algonquin Hotel - 59 W. 44th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA moreMOVIEmeter: 
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Keith Carradine created the role of Will Rogers in "Will Rogers Follies" on Broadway, and he has a cameo in this movie as Will Rogers. moreQuotes:
Paula Hunt: [to Mrs. Parker] You know, I think it's just as hard to get that look right in life as it is on the stage. Well, someone has to leave. If you ask me, it should be the person who already has their clothes on. But then, you're the writers. I'm just an actress. moreFAQ
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I found this movie totally enjoyable from start to finish. Maybe because Jennifer Jason Leigh is one of the most superb actresses of our time (and of course ignored!!!). Or maybe because I love period pieces with lavish attention to detail in the costumes and production designing. Or maybe because I am always entertained by true stories of humanity. I think in this movie's case, it is all three. This is another portrait of the dark side of fame. Leigh did a wonderful job being Mrs. Dorothy Parker, a 1920s poet and magazine writer who drank (during prohibition New York) and caroused with a large, mouthy group of professionals in the writing and stage business. It's easy for anyone to relate to the lonliness Mrs. Parker feels in this boisterous "circle" of shallow, back-stabbing people. In spite of her gift for smooth, haunting, beautiful poetry (much of it recited in this movie), Mrs. Parker is not happy or fulfilled. Rather she is misunderstood, isolated and self-depreciating. She ends up losing a job over salary disputes, losing her husband to alcohol, and falling deeply and hopelessly in love with the married Charles McArthur (Matthew Broderick), who impregnates and betrays her. Mrs. Parker's only comfort in life is the friendship she has with Bob Benchley (an excellent Campbell Scott). Leigh, speaking with a facinating accent, brings sadness and cynicism to Mrs Parker with perfection.