Rotten
Too formlessly turgid.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
The Anniversary Party
It's not a party until something gets broken.
2001 · 1h 55m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Alan Cumming
,
Jennifer Jason Leigh
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The Anniversary Party
Overview
While celebrating their reconciliation and six years of marriage, American actress Sally Nash and British novelist Joe Therrian receive their close friends, some colleagues and their next door neighbors in a party. Under the effect of Ecstasy, revelations are disclosed and relationships deteriorate among the group.
Director and cast
- Alan Cumming Director
- Jennifer Jason Leigh Director
- Alan Cumming as Joe Therrian
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Sally Nash Therrian
- John Benjamin Hickey as Jerry Adams
- Parker Posey as Judy Adams
- Phoebe Cates as Sophia Gold
- Kevin Kline as Cal Gold
- Owen Kline as Jack Gold
- Greta Kline as Evie Gold
- Denis O'Hare as Ryan Rose
- Mina Badie as Monica Rose
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
61%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The acting is what makes this picture worth framing.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
The best thing that one can say about The Anniversary Party is that it raises more questions about its central characters than it can possibly answer -- which may weaken it as a drama but not as a search for truth.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
The result is something like being stuck at an audition for someone else's play, which you haven't read, won't invest in, and don't care too much about.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Fresh
What distinguishes The Anniversary Party from the movies/lives that inspired it is the dead-on quality of much of the writing and acting.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
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