The Party
Overview
A career politician (Kristin Scott Thomas) invites her close friends to a party to celebrate her latest promotion, but the guests are shocked when her husband (Timothy Spall) uses the occasion to confess that he's leaving her for another woman. Soon after, the bash devolves into scathing arguments and accusations of infidelity. Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, and Cillian Murphy co-star. Written and directed by Sally Potter (ORLANDO).
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Sally Potter - Director
Timothy Spall
Kristin Scott Thomas
Patricia Clarkson
Bruno Ganz
Cherry Jones
Emily Mortimer
Cillian Murphy
Details
- Format: DVD (Dolby, AC-3, Widescreen)
- Run Time: 100
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 031398286547
- Genre: COMEDIES
- Rating: R (MPAA)
- Release Date: May 2018
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"The very specialized world director Sally Potter has created for THE PARTY is, in some ways, fascinating: It’s a matriarchal society, where the women are all brilliant, witty, and powerful, and the men ineffectual at best." - 10/14/2018 A.V. Club
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] very powerful film....This is a beautifully conceived and executed chamber comedy/drama with tragedy at its core." - 02/16/2018 RogerEbert.com
"In THE PARTY, an acid-laced amuse-bouche of a movie from British writer-director Sally Potter, dinner never makes it to the table but the guests still get served, early and often." - 02/15/2018 Los Angeles Times
"The funniest and meanest of Janet’s pals is played by Patricia Clarkson....The performance -- Ms. Clarkson’s supple nonchalance suggests years of practiced cruelty -- is enjoyable." - 02/15/2018 New York Times
"[A] delicious new black comedy....A film that encapsulates the anxiety of the present moment, complicated by friendships that lean, at times, toward outright hostility." - 02/19/2018 Washington Post
"A gathering of old friends fasten their seatbelts for a bumpy night of explosive revelations in THE PARTY." - 02/13/2018 Hollywood Reporter
"[A] deliciously heightened, caviar-black comedy that sets up its brittle, bourgeois characters like bowling pins and gleefully knocks them down in 71 minutes flat." - 02/13/2018 Variety
3 stars out of 4 -- "The laughs hurt so good, and the guests at this shindig treat each other like dartboards for 71 minutes. Yes, that's short for a movie, but your nerves couldn’t take more." - 02/15/2018 Rolling Stone
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