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Party's Over, The

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary

Written by:

Directed by: Donovan Leitch
Rebecca Chaiklin

Release Date:
Theatrical: October 24, 2003

Running Time: 90 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman (host)

A sequel to the 1993 film "Last Party," this documentary follows Philip Seymour Hoffman as a concerned citizen on an uncensored journey of the state of democracy in America. (Film Movement)

What The Critics Said

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80

Film Threat Merle Bertrand

Both Democrats and Republicans take it on the chin here, although the left-leaning bias is obvious.

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70

Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

Highly entertaining and thought-provoking, but also frustrating -- which, ultimately, might be the point.

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60

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

The sequence in which the crew acquires press credentials to the Republican National Convention by helping organizers desperate to book a rock band (they deliver Leitch's scruffy pals the Interpreters USSA) is priceless.

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50

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

A scattershot exercise whose points of interest are surrounded by too much that is trivial. Still, the film earns points for its examination of politics and the political process.

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50

New York Post Megan Lehmann

Too unfocused to make any point worth taking with us into the 2004 presidential campaign.

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50

Variety Joe Leydon

Insufficiently focused but undeniably intriguing.

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40

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

The Last Party's scattershot approach doesn't linger on any single topic long enough to make a convincing case for any side.

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30

Village Voice Jessica Winter

Hoffman has no particular argument to make, and neither does the movie -- just befuddled disgust with The System in general and the right wing in particular.

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30

The New York Times Dave Kehr

Starts to seem less like a political documentary than a one-sided "Battle of the Network Stars," with the younger generation clearly winning the charisma challenge.

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25

Boston Globe Ty Burr

The film was conceived as a youthful tour of all that's wrong with the two-party system, with the likably shambling actor Philip Seymour Hoffman as host, but the breadth of subjects covered precludes any response other than nebulous discontent.

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20

LA Weekly Ron Stringer

Those seeking anything resembling a real discussion of the issues had best seek elsewhere.

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