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Party Girl (1995)

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Reviews Counted:31

Fresh:24

Rotten:7

Average Rating:6.3/10

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,... 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, but makes Mary work off her bail at the library. Suddenly faced with a regular job AND trying to learn the Dewey Decimal System, Mary tries to get her life in order, finding time to romance a Lebanese falafel vendor and helping her roommate become a DJ along the way. Daisy Von Scherler Mayer's winning comedy captures the spirit of downtown Manhattan in the early 90's, and coaxes a vibrant, winning performance out of Posey. [More]

Starring: Parker Posey, Guillermo Diaz, Sasha Von Scherler, Anthony De Sando

Starring: Parker Posey, Guillermo Diaz, Sasha Von Scherler, Anthony De Sando, Liev Schreiber, Donna Mitchell, Omar Townsend

Director: Daisy Von Scherler Mayer

Director: Daisy Von Scherler Mayer

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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.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
05/27/08
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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Party Girl aspires to be cinematic champagne but comes out tasting more like sparkling cider.

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05/27/08
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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The 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.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
05/27/08
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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.'

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
05/27/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Party Girl wouldn't be as beloved without Parker Posey, the jewel in this indie crown.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
01/21/08
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

It's great to see where Parker Posey established her indie cred in this too-cool comedy.

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07/29/07
Neil Cohen
Neil Cohen
Echo Magazine

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.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
10/08/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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12/01/04
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Posey is so likably weird.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
01/20/04
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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01/18/04
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com

To be perfectly honest, Party Girl follows a fairly predictable narrative; the quality lies almost exclusively in the details.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
09/13/03
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Independent films tend to favor low-key realism in their lead performances, but Party Girl has a real movie star turn at its center.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
08/30/03
Jesse Hassenger
Jesse Hassenger
PopMatters

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.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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05/20/03
Susan Tavernetti
Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly

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02/28/03
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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10/13/02
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

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10/11/02
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Spunky and sassy drama about a young woman who tries to create herself anew using discipline and devotion.

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08/23/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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.

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04/12/02
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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What makes it delicious fun is Posey, a party girl for the ages.

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05/12/01
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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