If Party Girl weren't so contrived, and if Posey didn't exude such cold hauteur, all of that might have worked.
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01/01/00
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,... [More]
Starring: Parker Posey, Guillermo Diaz, Sasha Von Scherler, Anthony De Sando
Director: Daisy Von Scherler Mayer
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Reviews for Party Girl
Top CriticThis 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 CriticIf 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 CriticAvoid it.
01/01/00
It's a showcase leading role for Parker Posey, who obviously has the stuff, and generates wacky charm. But the movie never pulls itself together.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe 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
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05/20/03
Posey's romp through this film is probably the best thing about Party Girl; she just may be the next 'It' girl.
01/01/00
When Party Girl isn't being silly, it tries to be endearing and socially redeeming, and to a good degree succeeds.
01/01/00
No review available.
01/18/04
It isn't the raucous comedy it's billed as, but the funny bits are worth the price of admission.
01/01/00
No review available.
10/11/02
Posey is so likably weird.
01/20/04
Hip and contemporary without being archly so.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe 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
Spunky and sassy drama about a young woman who tries to create herself anew using discipline and devotion.
08/23/02
The movie is poppy, clever and more than enjoyable, but Posey is something else altogether. She's a revelation.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo review available.
12/01/04
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
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