There's something quite lethal about Parker Posey in pearls, and for that inspiration director Mark Waters deserves our gratitude.
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02/09/06
The House of Yes (1997)
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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
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
Not every chance taken by Mark Waters works, but enough are successful to produce some memorable motion picture moments.
01/01/00
Top CriticAll of the performances are top-notch with the exception of Genevieve Bujold, who annoys me despite the fact that I have never seen her before. On the good side, she plays a bit part.
01/01/00
So light it almost floats away were it not somewhat anchored by the performances of Posey, Bujold and Spelling.
04/09/05
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.
11/21/08
Top CriticOffers more than its share of tartly biting zingers, dropped to maximum comic effect by the letter-perfect Posey.
12/26/06
When the film was over I was not particularly pleased that I had seen it; it was mostly behavior and contrivance. While it was running, I was not bored.
01/01/00
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
A black comedy that's oddly agreeable.
01/01/00
Presumably it worked far better onstage, where MacLeod's absurdist tale and self-conscious, Beckett-like wordplay probably found a friendlier context.
01/01/00
Top Critic[Waters] manages to open up the text while maintaining its perilous mix of arch wit, pathos and suspense.
11/21/08
Top CriticWaters' ambitions are amusingly perverse, but he hasn't justified why he doesn't portray any truly desirable alternatives for us.
01/01/00
There are many gaping holes between the funny moments.
01/01/00
Top CriticShocking in its originality, it is funny, frightening, thought-provoking and one of the year's best films.
01/01/00
Scores high for originality and gleeful bad taste, but is limited by its overall look of artificial staging.
01/01/00
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
This dark comedy will not be for everyone. But if you're in the mood for something perversely entertaining and disturbing, you might want to check it out.
01/01/00
Easy to forget if not for the presence of the wonderful Parker Posey.
10/15/02
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