DVD Review: Party, The (C-)

The Party (1968)
Directed by Blake Edwards
Starring Peter Sellars
MPAA: PG
Grade: C-

Review by Ellyn Elm

Apparently someone was so amused by Mr. Sellars' ability to mimick a Hindu accent they decided to base a movie on it.

The laughs are few and far between in this one but the discomfort one feels while watching this film makes for an interesting sociological experiment. Sellars plays a bumbling Indian actor who through a series of comical errors ends up hob-nobbing for an evening with the Hollywood elite. While this kind of juxtaposition might set the stage for some gut-busting gaffes all the jokes seem to stem from worn-out stereotypes and oversimplifications.

There are some genuinely funny slapstick moments and a really wacky soundtrack but on the whole I'd say this movie is for Sellars' fans only.

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