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3 women and a gay man in their 20s share a house in LA. Boyfriends and a kid brother come and go.3 women and a gay man in their 20s share a house in LA. Boyfriends and a kid brother come and go.3 women and a gay man in their 20s share a house in LA. Boyfriends and a kid brother come and go.
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An excellent film, if you can find it at the store...
Yes, this is an ensemble piece, and a "year in the life of" type of film -- but a fine example of what can be accomplished in this area, for those who appreciate these works. Bullock does act well here -- she's not especially likeable, for several reasons -- but she's believable, and it's one of a handful of roles she's done exceptionally well. Fisher Stevens steals this show, however. And how! He's an entirely winning character -- among a bunch of twenty-somethings who haven't quite figured themselves out, let alone what they want or what makes living worth all the fuss. Many of them are interesting or quite appealing, all the same. Without Stevens setting the counterpoint, a person who wins at life whether he gets what he wants or not, someone who doesn't decide ahead of time what's supposed to happen and how people are supposed to respond to him -- without him in this role, it would be just another story of searching and/or alienation. Not that there haven't been some fine films of just that sort, but this is something more. "When the Party's Over" stands up well alongside such films as "Bob & Ted & Carol & Alice" and the Australian film "Bob's Party" (if I'm remembering the latter's title correctly here). Those films are superficially more entertaining, clearly more commercial, even more conventional -- and more about actual parties and sexual games than this one. But all of them share the same group spirit. In the long run, a decade or more later, it is Fisher Stevens' role as Alexander which lives on in my mind and heart more than any of the others. Nor will I forget Bullock or Rae Dawn Chong and their characters in this film. The story builds slowly, doesn't go where you expect it to or hope it will, but rewards those who are patient and observant.
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- Feb 12, 2001
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,514
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,531
- Mar 14, 1993
- Gross worldwide
- $3,514
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
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- Sound mix
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By what name was When the Party's Over (1992) officially released in Canada in English?
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