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Summary: I need to find my hairbrush...
Review: Though not everyone has seen this movie, they should. Manypeople either love it or hate it, but if you love it, you will LOVE it. Several of my friends (including myself) can practically recite the entire movie line by line. It's filled with hilarious one-liners and Parker Posey is amazing. Freddie Prinze Jr. does a great job at playing a guy that seems clueless, and the Mother is hysterically floating about her own little version of the world. Be forewarned it has themes that may not appeal to all, but it's definitely worth a look. Adopted from a screenplay (it follows the script almost exactly) you can tell while you are watching that it was meant for the stage, which for me is part of the appeal. The focus is on the actors/actresses' performances as opposed to special effects and spectacular set design.
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Summary: "House of Yes" Affirms Parker Posey's Brilliance
Review: We all know the feeling: that wriggling dread in the pit of your stomach as you bring your fiance home to meet your family for the first time. We hope against hope that our relatives will somehow be on their best behavior and that we'll all survive the weekend, which we inevitably do. Of course, when your family is as odd as that depicted in "The House of Yes", a feeling of dread is well-founded. When your mother reminds people of Morticia Addams, throwing out horrid family secrets along with tips on how to properly make muffins, or your brother wants to settle adolescent scores by making a pass at your girlfriend, or (best yet) your twin sister (with whom you engaged in a not-so-youthful indiscretion) thinks she's Jackie Kennedy circa 1963, the whole enterprise of a holiday weekend is a risky undertaking at best. Tori Spelling seeks indie cred here as the erstwhile fiance, all peaches-and-cream innocence slapped up against the most dysfunctional family caught on film since the Rose Garden tapes of the Clintons. Josh Hamilton and Mark Waters play the brothers who can't seem to let the past remain in the past, while Parker Posey radiates as the lunatic sister who doesn't even realize the past IS the past. This is black comedy par excellance, although the subject matter may make those few raised in a Cleaveresque household squeamish. As long as one keeps in mind that this is a satire on sibling roles and certainly not "based on a true story", the movie is quite enjoyable, if only to see Parker Posey eat Tori Spelling for lunch.
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Summary: Parker Posey is awesome!
Review: This was a great movie because of Parker Posey's performance. She is unbelievable as Jackie-O, and even looks like her, which makes things a bit...unsettling. The movie is slightly disturbing, but the dialogue is great, the acting is great, and even Tori Spelling is tolerable. (Who would have thought?) This definitely isn't a movie for everyone, because as a lot of people have posted here, there is incest and a play on the JFK assassination, but none of that bothered me.
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Summary: "Take it from one who knows..."
Review: Never in my life have I seen a film so full of memorable one liners, the highest of high-camp dialogue, biting humour and the darkest comedy. The House of Yes will go down in history and Parker Posey deserves to be forever known as the Queen of the Indies for this highly creative piece of work. It's Thanksgiving 1983 in a wealthy suburb of Washington D.C. and the Pascal family, an affluent French-American family is preparing for the traditional festivities. The problem is that nothing is carried out according to tradition in this house or within the dysfunctional family which it houses. Mommy Pascal isn't sure of the paternity of any of her children, or what quite happened to her late husband. The boys are, well, boys, and the daughter in the family has a rather malicious mean streak to her, despite being a gracious hostess. She's also under the impression that she and her twin brother are destined to share absolutely everything in life (everything!) and is so fixated with the Kennedy family that she is affectionately known in the Family as Jackie-O, a fantasy that she carries out disturbingly flawlessly, thanks to a collection of Oleg Cassini in her wardrobe, pearls and hair that would've made Mrs. O. herself a little envious. She is also so psychotically funny that you cannot help but to start quoting her once the lights go up and the credits come down. She also does a top-notch of dealing with the fiancee of the man she loves...her own twin brother. I've heard this film compared to Heathers a couple of times; admirers of Heathers and its dark humour shouldn't hesitate to see this film, but neither should anyone else who loves smart, witty, sophisticated yet irreverent comedy!
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Summary: a shame that the assets here do not a success make
Review: while i lovvvves all things jackie and parker, the latter was nonetheless more stylin' & fun to watch in clockwatchers, henry fool, guffman etc. eternababe bujold (as her mother) was the Real gem in this, clad in forbidding, chic jessica mcclintock waspiness. and let's not forget to hail rolfe kent's fantastic score (i wish it had been Released! :( ), whose heady main theme recalls jerry goldsmith's ilia theme from the first star trek movie :) but like i sez, this thing don't quite work :( vt
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Summary: Incestuous comedy
Review: It had some similarities to Sam Sheperd's "Buries Child" but with incest, insanity, and JFK! The insane plot was enough to get me to watch and enjoy this cute distraction of a movie. Tori Spelling looked especially ditzy, but I like her that way.
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Summary: It means something in German ...
Review: If Parker Posey were MY sister, well I just might get into JFK role-playing as well... No! No! No! I wanna be normal, with a blond fiancee who -- according to the masses -- ISN'T THAT BAD! Actually, this movie was a favorite from the first instant I saw the 15-year-old Jackie-O parading around her dining room as though it was reserved for diplomatic dinners. What a quirky concept -- using the emblematic ex-First Lady's persona as a vehicle for insanity and incest. Lots of witty banter and dysfunction for a five-member cast in a single setting. Great flick.
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Summary: AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH I need my hairbrush
Review: Well if people are going to start telling the truth around here I am going to bed. Watchable mostly for Parker Posey and the wicked dialog, also tolerable because of Hamilton's nervous tension, just weird, but a good one to see if you want to throw around some catchy one liners with hip people.
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Summary: Fiendish plot, clever writing, fine acting
Review: If this movie doesn't remind you of your family, then who are you, Donna Reed? The tension between Jackie as she tries to woo Marty from Lesly is palpable. This movie has it all, a fiendish plot, clever writing, and terrific acting. Most surprisingly, Tori Spelling is adequate. BTW did anyone notice that Spelling Films co-produced this movie? Has that child ever gotten a role without Daddy's help?
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Summary: Comic Genius
Review: Superb film. One of my personal favorites. Parker Posey in one of the best roles i've ever seen anybody play. Even Tori Spelling wasn't that bad.
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