The Party

     Janet is having a party to celebrating her long-awaited prestigious post as a Shadow Minister for Health.  She is hoping this position will be a stepping-stone to British party leadership.  Janet is married to Bill and he is a self-denying academic.  He gave up a position in education so Janet could campaign.  A guest is April a sourly cynical American best friend.  Gottfried is April’s unlikely German husband.  Jinny and Martha are a couple expecting triplets.  Tom is a smooth talking banker in an expensive suit.  His wife Marianne will be coming later.

     This film seems like it was based on a play?  To me plays sometimes feel like oil and water when they are made into films, never mixing together?  This film feels like that.  There are many arguments back and forth and nothing else?  I would like to ask for my time spent to be returned and used toward something more interesting profitable or anything other than watching this film!!  1 ½* (I really didn’t like this movie)

71 min, Drama directed and written by Sally Potter with Timothy spall, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy. 

Note:  Imdb 6.6 out of 10, 80% critic 62% audience, Roger Ebert 3 ½*, Metacritic 73 out of 100 with 31 critics 6 out of 10 with 24 reviews, The Guardian Mark Kermode 4* out of 5*, The Telegraph 3* out of 5*, Amazon Australian import 4.5* out of 5* with 406 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in West London Film Studios and London, England, UK.  This film was shot in two weeks.  From 2010 though 2012, Timothy Spall battled cancer.  (I wondered why he seemed so thin?)  All the actors were paid equally and they all have successful careers as stage actors.  Selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 67^Th Berlin International Film Festival.  Awarded the Guild Film Prize at the Berlinale in 2017.   This film is in black and white but the end credits include one colorist and three color assistants?  There is another film with the same title from 1968.