By the end, one feels strangely compassionate yet intellectually detached, as if the hugs and not the lauding were their goal all along.
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06/07/01
The Anniversary Party (2001)
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Reviews Counted:111
Fresh:67
Rotten:44
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: 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.
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: To celebrate their sixth anniversary, successful novelist Joe Therrian (Alan Cumming) and his wife, famous Hollywood actress Sally (Jennifer Jason Leigh), invite their friends over for a party.... [More]
Starring: Jane Adams, Jennifer Beals, Phoebe Cates, Alan Cumming
Director: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Reviews for The Anniversary Party
The movie's loaded with funny scenes that mix and match its players to good effect.
06/07/01
Basically a film about nothing.
06/07/01
Comes out looking a lot like the standard, self-indulgent actor's film.
06/07/01
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06/07/01
Genial enough if unrefined.
06/06/01
You know how sometimes you tell a story, and you think it's really funny, but no one else gets it? Well, guess you had to be there. Tell that story for about two hours and you have The Anniversary Party.
06/06/01
An exercise in what it critiques -- the self-involvement and self-dramatization of performers.
06/06/01
This movie feels a lot like a privileged peek into Hollywood's private lives.
06/01/01
Sharp acting and cool bon mots prove that loving is easier than living together.
05/31/01
A killer ensemble cast.
05/29/01
What crashes Party's potentially freewheeling sense of merriment is the choice by Cumming and Leigh to shoot it in DV.
05/23/01
The party's over a lot earlier than the distracted hosts appear to realize.
05/15/01
Top CriticSuch an array of acting talent is trapped in such a mess of a movie.
04/04/01
A striking triumph!
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