It's My Party | | Cast : | Gregory Harrison, Eric Roberts | | Director : | Randal Kleiser | | Studio : | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | March 22, 1996 | | DVD Released Date : | June 03, 2003 | | Language : | Spanish (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 22, 2005 | | Summary | IT'S MY FAVORITE MOVIE | Content
 | This movie is my all time favorite movie. The cast is awesome, you really feel the pain and anguish in Amalia (played by Lee Grant) as she struggles to deal with the last day of her son's life. This movie reminds you that its important to never leave issues with others unresolved. I love the way that Randal Kleiser was able to throw humor into a not so humorous situation and not come across as heartless. The movie at times feels a little forced but I can't think of how you can tackle this topic in under two hours. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 16, 2005 | | Summary | A MUST HAVE! | Content
| This has to be one of the most moving films I have seen! The story involves a man infected with HIV (back in the early days), who decides to end his life when he is diagnosed with AIDS. The character decides to say goodbye to all the special people in his life by throwing a party. This movie will make you laugh and cry at several points throught. As everyone has said, watch it with someone and have lots of kleenex handy! |
| Rating | | | Date | March 07, 2005 | | Summary | Reality with Star Power | Content
| This movie will make you laugh and cry with a who's who of hollywood. The music alone will move you to the kleenex box. If you have lost someone to aids, this movie will touch you deeply. I was told not to watch this movie alone. Watch it with someone to hug. How right they were. Bronson Pinchot playing comic relief was a stereotype of the obnoxious friend a lot of us have. Eric Roberts and Gregory Harrison have a chemistry eerily familiar to many gay couples I know. Bravo! Get the soundtrack too for those rainy days when you just want to reflect. |
| Rating | | | Date | December 22, 2004 | | Summary | Uneven and Slow..But Worth a Look | Content
| I caught this film the other night on Showtime and found it at once moving and frustrating. The story involves a gay man, Nick (Roberts) who decides to commit suicide before his AIDS symptoms take their ultimate toll. He gathers his closest friends and family for a two-day "party" which is really a long goodbye. Among the partygoers are his estranged parents (Lee Grant and George Segal), former lover (Harrison), and closest friends (Bronson Pinchot, Olivia Newton-John, and Margaret Cho). Like the M*A*S*H finale from 1983, the cast says goodbye about 200 times, most annoyingly while Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" plays over and over. Roberts looks too healthy to be on his deathbed, while Pinchot and Cho fall into stereotypical bitchy charicatures. Lee Grant is splendid, however, and Harrison (surprisingly) gives the film's best performance as the guilty but ultimately worthy ex-boyfriend of Nick who finally makes peace as Nick ends his life. Better than the wretched "In the Gloaming" but not up to the tele-film "An Early Frost."
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| Rating | | | Date | December 02, 2004 | | Summary | Avoid this movie like the, well...you know. | Content
| I want the two hours I wasted watching this piece of tripe back! 45 minutes into this maudlin, didactic, hyper-melodramatic film I was screaming "Die already!" at the screen. A must-see for film students, if only to show them how NOT to put a film together. Save your money and donate it to a worthy AIDS-relief charity. Don't spend it on this garbage. |
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