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The Party (1980)

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👍 85%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 64%
DramaRomanceComedy

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Director
Claude Pinoteau
Runtime
1h 50m
Country
France
Language
French
TMDB Rating
6.6/10 (1,203 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
64%

Cast

Claude Brasseur as François Beretton · 79% avg
Brigitte Fossey as Françoise Beretton · 81% avg
Sophie Marceau as Victoire Beretton, aka 'Vic' · 72% avg
Denise Grey as Poupette, Vic's great grandmother
Jean-Michel Dupuis as Etienne, François' dentist friend
Alexandre Sterling as Mathieu
Sheila O'Connor as Pénélope Fontanet
Alexandra Gonin as Samantha Fontanet

Is The Party good?

Yes. 85% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 64%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#665 / 3335 · Drama
Rank in its year
#13 / 30 · 1980
On ThumbScore's lists
The Best Romance Movies on Prime Video (#14) · 100 Best Romantic Comedies Ranked by Audience Score (#92)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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⬆ 21,319💬 1,606 comments
Late to the party. Just recently saw "It". Most have focused on its success as an R-rated Horror movie. But, can we talk about how this was also a success as a mainstream R-rated coming-of-age movie about 13 year olds, starring 13 year olds, and what that means going forward in Hollywood?
Really, when was the last time they've let 13 year olds actually act like 13 year olds, cussing like sailors amongst themselves and dealing with... Read on Reddit →
Top comment: "It's not so much "Hollywood allowing this going forward" as it is "Hollywood emulating this movie..."
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