I had heard all of the great reviews and some quirky ads for this independent movie as some sort of modern "Big Chill". This movie even had Big Chill alumnus Kevin Kline and his wife the best part about "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", Phoebe Cates. Yes, I agree that there are a good group of actors in this movie, but the more I watched it, the more depressed I became over the hedonistic behavior of these characters. The Big Chill was a hit because the characters overcame their problems with each other and drew closer in the end. In this rather horrifying movie the characters grew apart more and more as the plot dragged on, and you pitied these characters rather than felt any empathy for them. And how can you actually believe that Alan Cumming has any heterosexual tendencies? Not that there is anything wrong with that, but he is totally unbelievable.
Review of The Anniversary Party
