Bujold has the frazzled hauteur of an aging, neglected star, and Spelling is nicely glazed, studiously artless. But the film is keyed to Posey's performance: perfectly brittle, faultlessly false.
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11/21/08
The House of Yes (1997)
62 %
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Reviews Counted: 34
Fresh: 21
Rotten:13
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 85 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Sweet young Marty brings his ingenuous doughnut-shop waitress girlfriend, Lesly, home to meet his family at their opulent Washington D.C. mansion. But the Turkey Day goings-on are considerably less... [More]
Starring: Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling, Freddie Prinze
Director: Mark Waters
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Reviews for The House of Yes
Top CriticBujold is as good as ever, but the real surprise here is Spelling: Slack-jawed and dewy-eyed, lids forever at half-mast, she's perfectly cast as a lamb among wolves, and her naivete is strangely affecting.
11/21/08
[Waters] manages to open up the text while maintaining its perilous mix of arch wit, pathos and suspense.
11/21/08
Top CriticA fierce piece of farce and sharp as a kitchen knife.
11/21/08
No review available.
03/01/08
Offers more than its share of tartly biting zingers, dropped to maximum comic effect by the letter-perfect Posey.
12/26/06
There's something quite lethal about Parker Posey in pearls, and for that inspiration director Mark Waters deserves our gratitude.
02/09/06
So light it almost floats away were it not somewhat anchored by the performances of Posey, Bujold and Spelling.
04/09/05
Annoying
04/08/05
No review available.
11/12/04
No review available.
06/24/04
Can be entertaining at times, but the question about this film's long-time impact on viewers' memory is going to be a definitive "no."
02/12/04
No review available.
07/20/03
No review available.
03/20/03
Easy to forget if not for the presence of the wonderful Parker Posey.
10/15/02
This is a definitive Posey performance: wide-eyed, smiling and ultrafeminine, but plastic and cold as a store mannequin.
07/12/02
Top CriticWaters takes pains never to caricature the family members. Even Jackie-O, who could have easily become the stuff of high camp, is reigned in by Posey's performance, which is one of her best; she manages to be arch, touching and acerbic all at once.
06/05/02
The story seems too intent on spreading quirkiness on with a spatula to be really engaging; you can't picture these people as anything other than movie characters.
04/14/02
A black comedy that's oddly agreeable.
01/01/00
The film's major fault is that it is too stagy a production.
01/01/00
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