The Anniversary Party (2001)
Taking place over the course of one night, The Anniversary Party is a serio-comic, sometimes scathing inspection of a group of friends gathered for a celebration that becomes a scorching dissection of a marriage on the brink. (Fine Line Features)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alan Cumming
Written By: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alan Cumming
Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alan Cumming, Parker Posey, Jennifer Beals, Kevin Kline, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jane Adams, Mary Lynn Rajskub, John Benjamin Hickey, Phoebe Cates
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
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The Anniversary Party belongs to 10 collections
1. Female Directors (collaborative: moderated by djross - 90 stars)
2. boobs (collaborative: moderated by Pickpocket - 51 stars)
3. Directorial debut (collaborative: moderated by djross - 16 stars)
4. Best by different standards (public: sesito71 - 6 stars)
5. Director/star combination (collaborative: moderated by djross - 5 stars)
6. Directed collaboratively (collaborative: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
7. Cannes Film Festival: Palm Dog Award (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)
8. Digital cinematography (collaborative: moderated by Alex Watkins - 1 star)
9. Un Certain Regard 2001 (collaborative: moderated by toro913)
10. 2001: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
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| Mar 24, 2018 |  |
metalhank | 59 38th |
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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.
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| Apr 07, 2014 |  |
Wezzo | 72 32nd |
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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.
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| Dec 23, 2013 |  |
rttntomatoes | 60 33rd |
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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.
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| Apr 25, 2011 |  |
Actionberg | 65 39th |
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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.
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| Dec 07, 2010 |  |
JohnSandwich | 40 15th |
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ugh
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| Dec 01, 2010 |  |
SlantMag | 25 61st |
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"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
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| May 17, 2009 | Holad | 80 50th |
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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.
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| Mar 29, 2009 | erinmtuttle | 70 24th |
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"Um... I lost my husband and my beeper... have you seen either one of them?" 03/31/09
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| Aug 28, 2007 |  |
mistersplice | 85 91st |
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+ highly recommended
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| Aug 20, 2007 |  |
unohav_1 | 10 5th |
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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.
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| Aug 14, 2007 | JoshStew06 | 55 26th |
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Meh.
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| Aug 14, 2007 | citysqwirl | 54 13th |
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An interesting, overdramatic and overwritten mess with great moments for the actors.
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| Aug 14, 2007 | spoonerspot | 81 71st |
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Great cast and Parker Posey gets naked.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
MartinTeller | 8 0th |
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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.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
rockwell | 2 0th |
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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.
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| Average Percentile 45.21% from 228 Ratings |  |