Mary is a spiritual descendant of Holly Golightly, and there's an echo, as well, of Edie Sedgwick, the late Andy Warhol superstar who moved the American-princess-on-a-bender mythology into the drug-rock era.
Comment
05/27/08
Party Girl (1995)
75 %
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted: 32
Fresh: 24
Rotten:8
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Mary, a flighty, unemployed, 24-year-old Manhattanite (Parker Posey) gets thrown in jail for having a rent party and must call her godmother, a librarian, to bail her out. Her godmother complies,... [More]
Starring: Parker Posey, Guillermo Diaz, Sasha Von Scherler, Anthony De Sando
Director: Daisy Von Scherler Mayer
Get This Movie
Reviews for Party Girl
Top CriticParty Girl aspires to be cinematic champagne but comes out tasting more like sparkling cider.
05/27/08
Top CriticThe cast is uniformly excellent -- particularly the relentlessly effervescent Posey and the imperious Sasha von Scherler, the director's mother -- and the modern take on old-fashioned romantic comedy is surprisingly effective.
05/27/08
This exudes trendiness at regular intervals, and otherwise manages to be reasonably charming about Manhattan's melting pot culture, but my general response was still 'Wake me when it's over.'
05/27/08
Top CriticParty Girl wouldn't be as beloved without Parker Posey, the jewel in this indie crown.
01/21/08
It's great to see where Parker Posey established her indie cred in this too-cool comedy.
07/29/07
The part played by Parker Posey may be considered a modern version of Breakfast at Tiffany's Holly Golightly. By day, she works as a library clerk, by night she's queen of the club scenes, a camp diva blessed with cool deadpan and funkiness.
10/08/06
No review available.
07/06/05
No review available.
12/01/04
Posey is so likably weird.
01/20/04
No review available.
01/18/04
To be perfectly honest, Party Girl follows a fairly predictable narrative; the quality lies almost exclusively in the details.
09/13/03
Independent films tend to favor low-key realism in their lead performances, but Party Girl has a real movie star turn at its center.
08/30/03
The screenplay, by Ms. Mayer and Harry Birckmayer, has its occasionally funny lines, but not nearly enough to certify the film as a hip urban comedy in tune with the cutting edge of downtown New York.
05/20/03
Top CriticClick to read the article
05/20/03
No review available.
02/28/03
No review available.
10/13/02
No review available.
10/11/02
Spunky and sassy drama about a young woman who tries to create herself anew using discipline and devotion.
08/23/02
If bad behaviour and smugness were truly charming, Party Girl might be as much fun as it imagines it is. And Madonna might even have a decent movie career.
04/12/02
Top CriticRelated Forums for Party Girl
RT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
Appreciating Michael Jackson 
TIME music critic Josh Tyrangiel remembers - and appreciates - the high peak of Michael Jackson's career in the early '80s.
10 Best Picture Noms?
With the Best Picture Oscar noms now 10 deep, BuzzSugar looks at 10 films that should have made the cut.
Successful Sci-Fi Sequels
Sequels never used to be as good as the original, but now they can be even better. Can Transformers 2 follow suit?
Films That Time Forgot
The AV Club's Zack Handlen explores why Snowbeast has been dismissed and forgotten.
IGN RSS Feeds