Party Girl (1995) Critic Reviews

The film knows how absurd this is, yet its triumph is that, by the end, we're actually rooting for Mary to see the library as her salvation.Read the full review

The movie is poppy, clever and more than enjoyable, but Posey is something else altogether. She's a revelation.Read the full review

Party Girl, which director and co-writer Mayer made for less than $1 million, is hip and contemporary without being archly so.Read the full review

What makes it delicious fun is Posey, a party girl for the ages.Read the full review

Party Girl has the courage of its own no-braininess.Read the full review

It's a showcase leading role for Parker Posey, who obviously has the stuff, and generates wacky charm. But the movie never pulls itself together.Read the full review

This trifle about a dizzy downtown New York scenester who gets a grip on her life is energized by several attractive characters and enough youthful pep to put it over as an upbeat diversion for teens and twentysomethings, though it has no more substance than bubblegum music.Read the full review

Party Girl aspires to be a mid-90's answer to the Susan Seidelman movies "Smithereens" and "Desperately Seeking Susan." Although it has some of the same frothy energy, it has no real story to tell.Read the full review