Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Jemima It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Allissa .Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Benedito Dias Rodrigues Since the first time in 1986 when l watched this comedy l was disappointed by the end....so l saw one more time on cable TV trying to see something more around 1998...nevetherless my opinion wasn't change....yesterday l pick the DVD after twenty years to has the final opinion about this famous movie....The first half part is really good with some odds situations that are worth of note,which including the bathroom's scene,but the ending when all house is turns a total mess spoil the movie,more,Blake Edwards isn't to any taste after all...so this movie is quite clear overrated to me...this kind of comedy didn't make my head.Resume: First watch: 1986 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-Cable TV-DVD / Rating: 6.5

philvid-02672 I must have seen it 100 times and know this movie line by line. However, it was the first time for my kids and they enjoyed a lot. This is very difficult these days when people have the attention span of a mouse... Steve Franken ( aka the drunken butler ) steals the show, he's something else... It is quite unbelievable that Peter Sellers was pretty hard to live and work with to see that Peter Sellers was a comedic genius. Mind you I never enjoyed The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980) or Casino Royale (1967), however I remember where I was when learned of his death. I think his best role I think is Chance the gardener in Being There. You know when you still walk around the house saying: Burdie num, num or Kato my little yellow friend , 40 years on, it means something. My kids think I'm crazy , probably ! lol

simoneeved You all ate birdie num num. Nobody noticed what is written on the proverbial elephant in the room forehead: "The World is Flat!" Didn't see that? You didn't get it! Also says, "chicken little was right," "Socrates eats Hemlock," and "Go naked." Blake Edward's birth name: William Blake, famous poet who wrote poem about flat earth. Theme modeled after William Blake's "Island in the Moon." Bakshi's orange jumpsuit, same worn by astronauts. Bakshi says speak with a forked tongue twice. NASA's logo: red forked snakes tongue. Kelso means "High Level Sheep." Hostess name: Alice. Boss name: Fred, an acronym for F@#ing ridiculous economic disaster, nickname for Lockheed 6-5 Galaxy first flown 1968, same year movie released. Bakshi puts his hand in "Operation Fishbowl" Something smells fishy! None of you get it! Bake Edwards was extremely brilliant, everything in the movie means something. Name on guest list Bernard Stein. Dig deeper, join the real party!

Scott LeBrun In one of the few non-Pink Panther related collaborations between actor Peter Sellers and filmmaker Blake Edwards, the great Sellers is at his best. He's cast as bumbling Indian actor Hrundi V. Bakshi, whose clumsiness on a location destroys a Hollywood productions' most valuable set. However, circumstances not only prevent Hrundi from being fired, but being invited to the swank party hosted by studio mogul Fred Clutterbuck (J. Edward McKinley) by mistake. There, he ultimately makes a shambles of the evening, but he receives ample assistance from other bumblers on the scene."The Party" might not appeal to all viewer tastes, who might see it as too slowly paced and overlong. But it's very lavish entertainment, well shot in Panavision by Lucien Ballard, and with colourful sets. The gags aren't non-stop, but there are some appreciable farcical moments, such as when Hrundi turns a visit to the bathroom into a disaster.Sellers is completely endearing and hilarious, once again completely disappearing inside a role. He receives solid support from a cast also including French beauty Claudine Longet (as party guest Michele Monet), Marge Champion, Buddy Lester, Gavin MacLeod, Fay McKenzie, Denny Miller, Timothy Scott, Ken Wales, and Carol Wayne. However, for a while this turns into the Steve Franken show, as the actor threatens to steal the film away from Sellers, playing an incompetent servant who becomes inebriated.Everything builds at a deliberate pace to a fun over the top finale, that's better seen than described.Great music, as always, by Henry Mancini.Seven out of 10.