Party Girl
First Look International | Release Date: June 9, 1995 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
6
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The film knows how absurd this is, yet its triumph is that, by the end, we're actually rooting for Mary to see the library as her salvation. Read full review
80
Washington PostDesson Howe
Party Girl, which director and co-writer Mayer made for less than $1 million, is hip and contemporary without being archly so. Read full review
80
Washington PostHal Hinson
The movie is poppy, clever and more than enjoyable, but Posey is something else altogether. She's a revelation. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianTim Appelo
This coming-of-age movie is the sweetest, frothiest fantasy in some time. [28 Jul 1995]
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
What makes it delicious fun is Posey, a party girl for the ages. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
The cast is uniformly excellent - particularly the relentlessly effervescent Posey and the imperious Sasha von Scherler, the director's mother - and the modern take on old-fashioned romantic comedy is surprisingly effective. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesPeter Rainer
Party Girl has the courage of its own no-braininess. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleAlison Macor
Party Girl strives only to be as fun and lighthearted as its namesake. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
This exudes trendiness at regular intervals, and otherwise manages to be reasonably charming about Manhattan's melting pot culture, but my general response was still "Wake me when it's over." Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It's a showcase leading role for Parker Posey, who obviously has the stuff, and generates wacky charm. But the movie never pulls itself together. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
If Party Girl weren't so contrived, and if Posey didn't exude such cold hauteur, all of that might have worked. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerBarbara Shulgasser
When Party Girl isn't being silly, it tries to be endearing and socially redeeming, and to a good degree succeeds. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Party Girl aspires to be a mid-90's answer to the Susan Seidelman movies "Smithereens" and "Desperately Seeking Susan." Although it has some of the same frothy energy, it has no real story to tell. Read full review
50
VarietyTodd McCarthy
This trifle about a dizzy downtown New York scenester who gets a grip on her life is energized by several attractive characters and enough youthful pep to put it over as an upbeat diversion for teens and twentysomethings, though it has no more substance than bubblegum music. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Through it all, actress Posey strikes attitudes and preens across the glib surface of the film, and though her campy excesses are tolerable for a brief time, the performance becomes an exercise in overkill. [13 Oct 1995]
25
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
there's no joy in this movie. It's a safe, compromised, even preachy, fable; a wannabe hip romp that never gets going. [07 Jul 1995]
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