The Anniversary Party

It is like watching some teenagers blog being put into film. Nothing like rich fucked up actors complaining about thier lives. mellowdrama meets marraige and mutiny.

A movie that goes absolutely nowhere. Loaded with characters so poorly developed you either don't like or could care less what they have to say, let alone what happens to them. Sitting in your living room with the television off would yield a more entertaining evening.

Entertaining enough real life sorta flick with a bunch of big name actors. I think it could have benefited from a bit more editing to keep the flow moving better at times.

Pretty good talky, character-driven play. Lots of snappy dialogue and the actors are largely fabulous. Missing the crucial something that would escalate it to true greatness, though.

This Party features a killer cast and many funny scenes, but the movie feels like nothing more than an excuse for the actors to emote.

It's a bunch of unadulterated, natural human conflict with a considerable lack of cohesion. Most of it is very "lol Hollywood" but not in any kind of original way. What does deserve mention, however, is that there will never be a better or funnier portrayal of the game Celebrity, because there is always that asshole who takes it too seriously.

ugh

"The film's first half reminds us that the only thing worse than not being at a bad party is actually watching a bad party transpire in real time." - Ed Gonzalez

Loved this. A sort of modern Abigail's Party. Apparently shot on digital video, and much improvised. Male lead is EXCRUTIATINGLY REPULSIVE, perhaps he's supposed to be.

"Um... I lost my husband and my beeper... have you seen either one of them?" 03/31/09

+ highly recommended

An interesting, overdramatic and overwritten mess with great moments for the actors.

Great cast and Parker Posey gets naked.

It's really hard to see people I like (John C. Reilly, Jane Adams, Parker Posey) involved in this dreck. Self-indulgent garbage. Painful to watch. Every character is utterly detestable. And maybe that was the point, but if I don't care about the characters, then I sure don't want to watch their stupid lives. One gets the feeling that Cumming and Leigh meant this to be a scathing commentary on people they know, but I bet there's more of themselves in this than they're willing to let on.

Meh.