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The Anniversary Party [DVD] [2001]

DVD ~ Alan Cumming
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Otis, Steven Freedman, Norizzela Monterroso
  • Directors: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh
  • Writers: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh
  • Producers: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Andrew Hurwitz, JoAnne Sellar
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Entertainment in Video
  • DVD Release Date: 28 Jun 2004
  • Run Time: 110 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00009PAAJ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 40,091 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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To celebrate their sixth anniversary, successful novelist Joe Therrian (Alan Cumming) and his wife, famous Hollywood actress Sally (Jennifer Jason Leigh), invite their friends over for a party. Sally and Joe have only recently reconciled after a separation, and the strain in their relationship reveals itself as the party progresses. An especially difficult topic is Joe's casting of trendy young actress Skye Davidson (Gwyneth Paltrow) in a film based on his latest novel--a role that might have gone to Sally. Also present are the Therrians's neurotic friends: the insecure director Mac (John C. Reilly) and his neurotic wife Clair (Jane Adams), movie star Cal Gold (Kevin Kline) and his wife Sophia (Phoebe Cates)--who has given up her career to support their children, and the next door neighbours, who have their own problems. The result is truly a night to remember.
Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming cowrote and codirected THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY, casting their friends in the lead roles, and shooting on digital video to give the film more intimacy and freedom than mainstream Hollywood dramas. Featuring fresh, honest acting from its ensemble and brilliant performances from Leigh and Cumming, THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY is a hilarious look at life and love.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars dishonest, likeable, dramatic - everything hollywood strives to be, 4 Jun 2008
By R. Parris "tamsy711" (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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I watched this film only recently and I absolutely love it. Aside from the story (basic, but definitely works well), the use of digital filming really adds a great texture to the style and flow of the film, it seems more 'fly on the wall' than hollywood drama. But that's just what's so fascinating, as it is a depiction of a celebrity couple and a day in their lives, so as celebrities are constantly in the public eye, this film successfully portrays the kind of intimacy we feel towards celebrities, though they are people we don't actually know anything about.

There's drama, drugs, affairs, fights and of course love, lust, laughs and losses.

Written and Directed by lead actors Jennifer Jason Leigh and Allan Cumming's, this is the story of a high profile couple who have recently reconciled and are celebrating their 6th anniversary. The relationship is just on the mend, so is still fragile and as the party unfolds so do the home truths, lies and deceit; and not just from the main couple, but all of their friends and their other halves that have attended the party.

That actual film has a brilliant, up-front, sinister, 90s indie feel to it, but still with enough Hollywood stylistics to make it a familiar formula. Ok so admittedly, no Oscars should be dished out for this movie, but it is still very watchable, even lovable as, all in all, it is just a story about the hardships of being in a relationship and how grueling and unpredictable life is, no matter how famous you are or how much money you have.

Great performance from Alan Cumming's, Pheobe Cates and also starring a rather young looking Gwyneth Paltrow.

Definitely worth purchasing if you are up for a rather gritty drama, or are one of the majority of us that is fascinated with the concept of celebrity and how much it means to others, but how little it means when you're living it.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Self-indulgence at it its worst, 17 Jul 2009
By Adriano (Berkshire, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Anniversary Party [DVD] [2001] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
This film begins well and kept me hooked for about an hour.
It should've ended after an hour and thirty. But no - it was like one of those over-long comedy sketches that the writers don't know how to end.

I couldn't believe how something that began so strongly just descended to drivel. I cared less and less for all the characters as this film dragged on.

Is this what celebrities do when on drugs? After a while it almost becomes reality TV of the worst kind. I ended up hating every one of them.
No director outside of this clique would probably touch such a self-indulgent script. Which is probably why the writers are also the directors, producers and leads.

I'd be more forgiving if it had been bad from the start. Instead I felt completely conned.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a must see if u like star watching. especially if your a jennifer beals fan, 29 Jan 2009
By Ms. T. L. Wilson "diva 1" (united kingdom) - See all my reviews
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star's galore in this film. you need to have a sense of humour to watch it' but if u r a big jennifer beals fan then u willlove it.
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