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06/07/01
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The Anniversary Party (2001)
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Reviews Counted:111
Fresh:67
Rotten:44
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: This Party features a killer cast and many funny scenes, but the movie feels like nothing more than an excuse for the actors to emote.
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Jun 8, 2001 Limited
Box Office: $2,974,308
Synopsis: To celebrate their sixth anniversary, successful novelist Joe Therrian (Alan Cumming) and his wife, famous Hollywood actress Sally (Jennifer Jason Leigh), invite their friends over for a party.... [More]
Starring: Jane Adams, Jennifer Beals, Phoebe Cates, Alan Cumming
Director: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh
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Reviews for The Anniversary Party
If you like high-wattage ensemble casts and can handle meaty, lengthy dialogue and digital-video experimentation, RSVP for The Anniversary Party.
06/08/01
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03/24/02
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03/16/04
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12/06/05
Despite the somewhat overused plot device, it manages to avoid most of the usual cliches.
08/14/01
An exercise in what it critiques -- the self-involvement and self-dramatization of performers.
06/06/01
Top CriticThe unfocussed script is in need of substantial revision.
10/17/01
Too formlessly turgid.
07/27/01
Top CriticShot on digital video, The Anniversary Party occasionally feels like home video, but the medium lends intimacy to the picture.
06/08/01
convenient confessions, extraneous crises, and unearned emotionalism
06/13/01
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08/07/08
What's missing from this party is the recognition that most of us have much bigger [problems], and tend to cope with less angst.
06/08/01
A raw yet relaxed film buff’s film... a wittier, recast version of one of your own dinner parties, with enough high drama to keep the guests talking for quite a while.
01/16/03
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06/13/02
A bitterly funny film that unmasks Hollywood and provides some of the toughest scenes from a marriage since the prime of Bergman and Cassavetes.
06/15/01
The problem with The Anniversary Party is that it doesn't seem to have an audience in mind.
06/24/01
How do people with perfect lives find ways to live them so imperfectly, you might wonder? "The Anniversary Party" shows us, making us laugh and understand at the same time.
06/15/01
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