The Party (2017)
Janet hosts a party to celebrate her new promotion, but once the guests arrive it becomes clear that not everything is going to go down as smoothly as the red wine.
1 December 1971, London, England, UK
27 February 1957, Battersea, London, England, UK
25 May 1976, Douglas, Cork, Ireland
22 March 1941, Zürich-Seebach, Switzerland
21 November 1956, Paris, Tennessee, USA
24 May 1960, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
29 December 1959, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
October 15, 2017
I found it largely arid and a waste of its impressive cast (including Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Bruno Ganz and Patricia Clarkson). Its situations are laboured and much of its dialogue is unwieldy.October 15, 2017
An impressively lean affair, shot in a single location with few frills and no fuss - just an A-list cast at the top of their game.October 13, 2017
Sally Potter's film combines the old-fashioned charm of theatrical drawing room comedy with the biting wit of a modern social satire.October 17, 2017
This is a comedy that bites because it is utterly and urgently of our moment.November 01, 2017
... The Party is a highly entertaining and sharp piece of theatrical cinema, which will engage audiences from start to finish.October 17, 2017
The Party is whip-smart satire at its very best.October 26, 2017
The Party relies not on gimmicks or CGI, but simple, clever narrative structures, witty dialogue and a cast of impenetrable actors. It's a true triumph.February 13, 2017
Over 71 crisp minutes of fast-paced verbal combat, Potter tests the age-old theory that it's all fun and games until somebody gets knocked unconscious.October 15, 2017
Patricia Clarkson shines particularly brightly as Janet's splendidly withering best friend.February 13, 2017
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.October 17, 2017
The Party is a very funny film, and a great deal of that comes from Clarkson.October 11, 2017
It's openly theatrical, but if it feels like a film of a play, it's a play you really should see.