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
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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. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Bujold 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. Full Review |
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[Waters] manages to open up the text while maintaining its perilous mix of arch wit, pathos and suspense. Full Review |
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A fierce piece of farce and sharp as a kitchen knife. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Offers more than its share of tartly biting zingers, dropped to maximum comic effect by the letter-perfect Posey. Full Review |
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There's something quite lethal about Parker Posey in pearls, and for that inspiration director Mark Waters deserves our gratitude. Full Review |
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C+ |
So light it almost floats away were it not somewhat anchored by the performances of Posey, Bujold and Spelling. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Annoying
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2/5 |
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1/5 |
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3/10 |
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." Full Review |
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3/5 |
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3/5 |
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2.5/4 |
Easy to forget if not for the presence of the wonderful Parker Posey. Full Review |
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3/4 |
This is a definitive Posey performance: wide-eyed, smiling and ultrafeminine, but plastic and cold as a store mannequin. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Waters 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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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. Full Review |
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B- |
A black comedy that's oddly agreeable. Full Review |
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