Party Girl (1995)
February 17th, 2004 at 10:01 am (1 - Pretty bad)
After a recent re-watching of the very enjoyable Christopher Guest mockumentary Best in Show (2000) I realized that while I know the name I could not place actress Parker Posey in any other movies. A quick search on the IMDB showed that I had only seen one other movie with her, The House of Yes (1997) in a tough role that she totally nailed. I thought it was serendipity then when I cam across a DVD of Party Girl (1995) at my local library and brought the copy home eager to see what else Posey was capable of. Now, I think Posey was probably doing the best with what she was given, but unfortunately that was not much. In Party Girl Posey plays Mary, a young New York free spirit trying to find her place in the world. The resulting character is an unlikable drunkard who goes from one bad situation to another never really growing or dong anything very interesting. Posey never manages to infuse her character with the charisma to make us care about what happens to her making the movie a rather pointless and confused mess. I think the movie was supposed to be a comedy but it unfortunately is not funny. I do hope Posey has better works in her repertoire because Party Girl is a flick to be avoided.
alan said,
February 17, 2004 at 4:49 pm
Party Girl is excellent. What are you talking about?
Leopoldo said,
February 17, 2004 at 4:57 pm
I am talking about the movie being boring and pointless. What are you talking about?
heathcliffe said,
February 18, 2004 at 10:05 am
While I’ve not seen Party Girl, I thought Posey was dead on - and very funny - in her portrayal of a self-absorbed New York publisher in You’ve Got Mail.
Erik Chevalier said,
November 5, 2005 at 3:28 am
Hey Leopoldo!
Just looking around your site and saw this review. Its funny how much we agree on which movies blow. If you want to see a movie that I think is great and also features Parker Posey then go find “Henry Fool” by Hal Hartley. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122529/
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June 25, 2008 at 5:53 pm
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