2017 / 71m - UK
Comedy
3.0*/5.0*
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September 13, 2022

3.0*/5.0*

Another party gone wrong. This is certainly not the first film where a bunch of so-called friends (but very different personalities) get together, only for some secrets to be revealed, blowing up the informal gathering. The Party is a slightly more upscale version, but in the end, that doesn't really make for a better film. Just a more proper one.

Janet has been trying to make inroads into national politics for ages. When she finally succeeds, so invites her friends for a little party. But people are eager to steal her thunder. A bomb is dropped when her husband tells everyone he is terminally ill, but that's just the beginning of a night full of revelations.

The cast is more than solid and there are some nice little twists. Nothing too unexpected or revealing though. The characters are also a bit one-dimensional and the dialogue can get a bit too haughty. The Party is a film that has its moments but isn't quite as memorable as it would like to be.