The House of Yes is knowingly overripe, a kitsch melodrama that dares to make incest sexy.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
The House of Yes is what happens when a film takes the dysfunctional family melodrama to its farthest reaches. It's a bold, gutsy movie that's definitely not for everyone.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
But the film is keyed to Posey's performance: perfectly brittle, faultlessly false. As the most toxic of this family of vipers, she creeps and stings, and no one dares look away.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: John Anderson
In addition to its terrifically bratty performance by the epically bratty Posey, House of Yes contains some of the smarter (and smarter-assed) writing of the year.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
When the film was over I was not particularly pleased that I had seen it; it was mostly behavior and contrivance. While it was running, I was not bored.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
The House of Yes was adapted from a play by Wendy MacLeod. And the movie, with its brittle, outrageous dialogue has a shrill stagy feel. That would be fine, if the dialogue sustained the stylish crackle of a drawing-room comedy gone berserk, but there are many gaping holes between the funny moments.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Susan Wloszczyna
With its Rocky Horror meets Camelot aura, this little black movie reeks of self-satisfied smugness and pretentious perversity as only a Sundance Festival favorite can -- especially one that squanders the considerable quirky charms of indie-film darling Parker Posey. [10Oct1997 pg 04.D]Read Full Review »
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