Dance Party, USA

Name: Dance Party, USA
Genre: Drama
Released: November 15, 2006
Duration: 65 min
Rating: 54

2006

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Benten Films | Release Date: November 15, 2006

Summary: Apathetic seventeen-year-old Gus hangs around doing nothing with his buddy Bill most of the time. Gus likes to tell half-true stories about all the girls he's slept with and all the drugs he's done. Jessica is seventeen too. She doesn't seem to have much in common with anyone anymore – not even her best friend Christie. Every year this oneApathetic seventeen-year-old Gus hangs around doing nothing with his buddy Bill most of the time. Gus likes to tell half-true stories about all the girls he's slept with and all the drugs he's done. Jessica is seventeen too. She doesn't seem to have much in common with anyone anymore – not even her best friend Christie. Every year this one guy Brian throws a 4th of July party. The party's never that
great, but there's free beer, so people always go. Gus and Jessica meet each other there. They watch fireworks outside and light sparklers. Gus says that he's not the sort of guy she thinks he is. He tells her a secret he has never told anyone before.… Expand

Director: Aaron Katz

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 65 min

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TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Dramatically simple but emotionally complex. Read full review

Darcie Stevens

Delving beneath skin level and examining the mind of an 18-next-week boy, Dance Party is challenging, gritty, and true. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Directed with extraordinary empathy by Aaron Katz (who also wrote the story), Dance Party, USA is an admittedly slight movie, but one that is given heft by a yearning tone and a camera fascinated by the emotional shifts and shadows on a young person's face. Read full review

Jordan Harper

Writer-director Aaron Katz has a gift for naturalistic dialogue--that alone allows his film to transcend the micro-budget indie gabfest genre. On the other hand, there's a fine line between naturalistic and dull, and Dance Party occasionally crosses it as its young actors talk about life, or don't talk about life. Read full review

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Nov 23, 2006

Excellent work by Jessica, played by Anna Kavan.

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