Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
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66 out of 100

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 21
  3. Negative: 2 out of 21
  1. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    89
    Jennifer Jason Leigh's performance is so incredible that witnessing it is reason enough to take a look at this movie.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Janet Maslin
    80
    Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle has its flaws, but it also has a heartfelt grasp of what set Dorothy Parker apart from her fellow revelers and makes her so emblematic a figure even today.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    60
    Directed by Alan Rudolph and co-scripted by him with Randy Sue Coburn, Mrs. Parker is a real odd duck of a movie. It seems to have been made both as tribute and put-down. The sporty conviviality of the Algonquin Round Table is celebrated, and yet there's a hollowness to the confabs.[21 Dec 1994, p.4]
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  4. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    38
    The film wants to make a case for Parker as the first modern woman. It gets the look and the attitude right, but it can't find her heart.

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  1. SteveT.
    9
    Like observing an ancient insect trapped in amber; it's a gleaming jewel from the distant past. Those of us who read Benchley and Broun and Parker as youngsters will be amazed at the way Rudolph has edited his film. The bons mots come at us as if shot from a machine gun.… Expand

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