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Watching this movie and it's style made me believe I was at this
party taking place and watching the reality of the sad lives of
these rich and famous people unfold before me. The
use of a digital camera helped set the mood of the movie and the
realistic spontaneity of what was going on. Even with its
many characters and many secrets unfolding during the night, I
don't see much comparison of this movie to "The Big
Chill".
This one is much more serious and doesn't have nearly the comic
humor that the other one did. There was one scene, the
opening of the pool scene with operatic music playing in the
background which I thought was marvelous.
The acting in this movie is great. I always love to watch
Jennifer Jason Leigh and she co-wrote it and co-directed it with
Alan Cumming who is also very good in this film-- I didn't recognize
him but thought I was watching Paul Reubens. It was
interesting to see all these actors sorta playing mirror images
of their real selves. It was also neat to see Leigh and
Phoebe Cates as best friends in this movie (just like in "Fast
Times at Ridgemont High")
If
you like ensemble dramatic films where the movie is totally
character driven, then I highly recommend this one. I
thought there were probably too many people at the party to have
to figure out, but all the main ones were interesting.
-- Mike
( 3 1/2 out of 4 pops )
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