The Anniversary Party

Everyone in the cast has his or her solo, and all rise brilliantly to their occasions, notably Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Beals, Mina Badie and a divinely neurotic Jane Adams.Read Full Review »

Despite its shortcomings, this smart, caustic movie is easily the most incisive and realistic comedy of manners to emerge from Hollywood in quite a while, and that's saying a lot.Read Full Review »

I can't recall the last time a picture left me feeling so caffeinated.Read Full Review »

Although the movie -- falls occasional prey to pretension, it's a classic guilty pleasure.Read Full Review »

Has a loose, improvisatory feel that rings true.Read Full Review »

What makes The Anniversary Party intriguing is how close it cuts to the bone of reality--how we're teased to draw parallels between some of the characters and the actors who play them.Read Full Review »

Cumming and Leigh -- bring to their stylish, incisive and compassionate film an immediacy and a bracing snap.Read Full Review »

They turn what could have been an acting stunt into an intimate and compelling study of bruised emotions.Read Full Review »

Isn't what you'd call a probing film, but it's a slick and savvy one.Read Full Review »

As a work of art, the movie, shot quickly on digital video, is genial enough if unrefined.Read Full Review »