Family dysfunction at it's funniest
I first saw a preview for this film about three years ago and had thought it looked like a very interesting movie, but I soon forgot about it. On February 4, 2000, I saw scream 3 and noticed what a great actress Parker Posey was. I had seen her previously in Dazed and Confused and she was absolutely hysterical, so I wanted to see other movie with her in it. That is when I remembered the preview of the house of yes. So I rented it, expecting a few good laughs. What I got was one of the funniest dark comedies ever made.
It starts off simple enough: A sister waiting for her twin brother to come home for thanksgiving (did I mention that she is obsessed with the Kennedy assasination and wears a copy of the outfit Jackie Kennedy was wearing when her husband murdered. And, oh yeah, she had sex with her twin brother when they were in their early teens). Anyways, she his disturbed to find out her brother is brining a friend home with him. He also happens to be engaged to this friend. Jackie O.(Posey) does not take this news too well. She is actually p****d off royaly (I almost forgot to say that she spent a quite a while in a mental hospital when her brother left).
You'll have to find out the rest yourself. It is worth the rent. And surprisingly, Tori Spelling is tollerable as the brothers girlfriend. This also features a great supporting cast including Freddie Prinz Jr., Josh Hamilton, Genevieve Bojould, and Rachel Leigh Cook as Posey's younger counterpart.
It starts off simple enough: A sister waiting for her twin brother to come home for thanksgiving (did I mention that she is obsessed with the Kennedy assasination and wears a copy of the outfit Jackie Kennedy was wearing when her husband murdered. And, oh yeah, she had sex with her twin brother when they were in their early teens). Anyways, she his disturbed to find out her brother is brining a friend home with him. He also happens to be engaged to this friend. Jackie O.(Posey) does not take this news too well. She is actually p****d off royaly (I almost forgot to say that she spent a quite a while in a mental hospital when her brother left).
You'll have to find out the rest yourself. It is worth the rent. And surprisingly, Tori Spelling is tollerable as the brothers girlfriend. This also features a great supporting cast including Freddie Prinz Jr., Josh Hamilton, Genevieve Bojould, and Rachel Leigh Cook as Posey's younger counterpart.
- jawbreakerjohn
- Sep 11, 2000