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- 1968
- Approved
- United Artists
- 1 h 39 m
- 1968
- Approved
- United Artists
- 1 h 39 m
Summary A clerical mistake results in a bumbling Indian film star being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired.
Directed By: Blake Edwards
Written By: Tom Waldman, Frank Waldman, Blake Edwards
- 1968
- Approved
- United Artists
- 1 h 39 m
- 1968
- Approved
- United Artists
- 1 h 39 m
The Party
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Summary A clerical mistake results in a bumbling Indian film star being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired.
Directed By: Blake Edwards
Written By: Tom Waldman, Frank Waldman, Blake Edwards
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Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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55% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
64
55% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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The comically rich visual tapestry of Blake Edwards’s The Party still endures.
[Sellers] pulls off the physical comedy, which ranges from the sublime to the ridiculous, with ease. [03 Jan 1991, p.7]
It’s the tension between Sellers’s inane tact and the general tastelessness of his surroundings that gives the movie its zing.
Veteran slapstick fans may get a kick out of the free-form antics, and the party's chaotic ending is suitably memorable, but empathetic viewers are likely to be as uncomfortable with Sellers' improv as the partygoers he leads into havoc.
Very dated farcical comedy but Peter Sellers is charming despite the anachronistic character-humour.
The script quickly runs out of gas thanks to the one-joke story line and Blake's uninspired direction.
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