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      It's My Party

      R 1996 1h 50m Drama List
      50% 16 Reviews Tomatometer 79% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score Nick (Eric Roberts), a gay, HIV-positive architect, begins to display severe symptoms of AIDS and makes preparations to kill himself before he is unable to function normally. He arranges a party to reconnect and say goodbye to his closest friends and his confused parents. But when his ex-partner, Brandon (Gregory Harrison), a television director who left Nick when he was diagnosed with HIV, shows up, what was supposed to be a celebratory event becomes much more difficult for everyone. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Great movie and a great insight into how real life the AIDS epidemic was. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Very sadly forgotten character piece about dealing with AIDS and how it affects everyone who knows a victim of it. The director's lover died the same way the main character did so he made it a passion project and it shows in spades thru the entire film. Very well cast: you get Eric Roberts in his best role besides Runaway Train, you get great performances from Lee Grant, George Segal, Gregory Harrison, Bruce Davison, and Marlee Matlin, you get some solid laughs from Bronson Pinchot and Roddy McDowell, and you get a nice performance from an against her type Margaret Cho. Everyone's great here especially Pinchot and Roberts who imo make the movie work. Pinchot's the comic relief but his final scene was quite sad easily one of his more leveled roles. Robert's family is all well picked especially Matlin who holds her own as the main figure of the family in terms of attention. Grant and especially Segal are just there but Marlee commands the screen. Harrison gives a very layered role as he starts off very unlikeable yet you grow to understand his actions and by the end he has a very Denzel in Philadelphia like spiritual turnaround which is very natural. This is Roberts's movie though make no mistake. In an era where his sister dominated this movie showed the kind of talent he truly had. It's a shame no one much noticed it. Very much recomend this movie; it's as sardonically funny as it is tragic, but it's one the best films on the subject of AIDS. The victim is treated like a human as is everyone else. It's everything I hoped Longtime Companion was but never got. Wish this would get a blu ray release at some point it very much deserves it. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm a crying mess. I wasn't expecting so many emotions to flow in me at once. The storyline deserves all the tears and it's strong and makes a statement(somewhat controversial to tell the truth) but it was also filled with more joyful and funny moments and it diffused the tension so much at times that it managed to through me off the tracks. No matter what though, the movie stands for something and by the end it leaves you a crying mess, trying to cling on dear life and move on. The last act was the real core of the story and the part where all emotions break loose. A really well made movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review william s Roberts best work in years,you can tell this was a very personal story.The film runs the table of emotions but in the end the viewers left fulfilled. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member As terrible as Eric Roberts is, and there's very few actors as bad, he does give his full effort here - but he never stops being Eric Roberts... and that's never a positive. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Kind of an in-your-face sad movie and guaranteed to make you weep, but still a sweet love story... Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: C Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Emanuel Levy Variety This chronicle of a person with AIDS who decides to terminate his life while his faculties are still intact feels like a personal work, but it's all background detail, lacking a strong dramatic core Rated: C Dec 15, 2006 Full Review Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Rated: 2/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Sheila Reid Women in the Life The story is so heartwarming and sincere. May 16, 2022 Full Review Don Willmott Filmcritic.com a powerful experience. Rated: 4/5 Aug 25, 2006 Full Review Michelle Alexandria Eclipse Magazine Rated: 2/5 Sep 2, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Nick (Eric Roberts), a gay, HIV-positive architect, begins to display severe symptoms of AIDS and makes preparations to kill himself before he is unable to function normally. He arranges a party to reconnect and say goodbye to his closest friends and his confused parents. But when his ex-partner, Brandon (Gregory Harrison), a television director who left Nick when he was diagnosed with HIV, shows up, what was supposed to be a celebratory event becomes much more difficult for everyone.
      Director
      Randal Kleiser
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $562.0K
      Runtime
      1h 50m