The Anniversary Party | Jane Adams (II), Mina Badie

The Anniversary Party | Jane Adams (II), Mina Badie | The Story of Sally & Joe (and One Really Good Party!)

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The Anniversary Party

	The Anniversary Party Jane Adams (II), Mina Badie New Line Home Video, 2002 average customer review:based on 71 reviews view larger image
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/10/2005 Run time: 95 minutes Rating: R

One of my favorites

This movie was done very well. Its more of reality than a reality show. Theres many people in the movie and it shows very nicely their personalities, and little peeks into their lives without even leaving the party. It also shows the realness of extacy and relationships. Its a beautiful movie that will make you laugh, feel calm, cry and want to get up and do E lol.

The Story of Sally & Joe (and One Really Good Party!)

"The Anniversary Party" is one of those small, enjoyable, indie films, that you can watch over and over again and with each repeated viewing find new details, plot points and lines of witty dialogue, that come to the viewer's attention.

In this comedy/drama, we meet Joe (Alan Cumming) and Sally (Jennifer Jason Leigh), who are celebrating their sixth wedding anniversary with a party held in their beautiful, modern, LA home. At first, they seem like the perfect celebrity couple. Sally is a famous Hollywood actress with a distinguished career. Joe is a renown author, who has just gotten the studio greenlight to direct his first movie, based on one of his novels.

The party begins and little by little, we start to meet the guests, who are mostly in the arts or the Hollywood film industry. Everyone has their own professional and personal connections to Sally and Joe, that are slowly revealed. Like most friends and acquaintances, they bring to the party, their own quirky personalities, neuroses and agendas. As the evening gets going, liquor starts flowing easily and ectasy is passed around. This leads to folks opening up and revelations being made about the hosts. We begin to find out, that this 'picture perfect' Hollywood couple has more than their share of marital problems. The couple has recently spent time apart. There have been past problems with both infidelity and drugs. While the celebration of their wedding anniversary was suppose to be a new begining for the couple, it really just serves as a catalyst to bring their problems to the forefront and reveal just how much trouble the relationship truely is in.

This is one of those small movies, where just everything comes together. The film was written and directed by actors, Alan Cummings and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Its' conversational, witty dialogue, keeps you interested and wanting more. The film gives you a real 'fly on the wall' feeling of attending an intimate Hollywood party in a beautiful, LA home.

In addition, the film has a wonderful, ensemble cast, which includes Kevin Kline, Phoebe Cates, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Beals, Parker Posey, John C. Reilly and Jane Adams. These actors have created a really interesting variety of characters, who can be both likable or not. With an interesting cast of character actors such as this, how can you not want to hang around at the party and hope, that it lasts just a little bit longer? Highly recommended!

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IT'S ONLY ME, BUT:

EVER B EEN INVITED YO A SNOBBY PARTY. ESPECIALLLY WHEN THE HUSBANDS BEST FRIEND IS A WOMAN. LOADS OF FUN. JM

Unexpected revelations

This is one of those movies that one does not find many reviews on and it grabs attention on the shelf by the fact that it is pacted with well known Hollywood names. As you watch this movie keep in mind the following: this is a plot about artsy types in Hollywood - if you expect performing aspects of their talent, they are something, but as human beings they are nothing. And to me, that was the entire conflict of this movie - how can people this talented be so shallow? Example is Gwyneth Paltrow's character about up and coming Hollywood actress who is disliked by almost every woman in this bunch by the virtue of being young and pretty - she needs no other faults. As men drool over her youth and unrestrained freedom that sometime bordelines with tactlessness, women seem to loath her. How childlish one would think -- but Hollywood insecurities have no limits, right?

If you are looking for strong character presentation, you will find in in Jennifer Beals' character - unpretentious and sincere. However even her human approach to the situations these people face is turned back because "she is not the wife". For the goofball of them all, you will not be disappointed in John C. Reilly's performance. It is a treat to also see real life husband and wife Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates mingle with this bunch with their down to earth approachability - totally unpretentious despite of the fact that Kline is quoting Shakespeare.

While movie sometimes seems to drag indefinitely with self indulgent self confessions, it is one of those rare moments that one can stop and self reflect on one's own: life, mate, friends, marriage and a whole lot of other things.

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