It's New Year's Eve. Larry throws a party at his parents' home while they're out. Unbeknownst to his parents, all of Larry's friends and local police attend the unauthorized celebration.It's New Year's Eve. Larry throws a party at his parents' home while they're out. Unbeknownst to his parents, all of Larry's friends and local police attend the unauthorized celebration.It's New Year's Eve. Larry throws a party at his parents' home while they're out. Unbeknownst to his parents, all of Larry's friends and local police attend the unauthorized celebration.
Michèle Winstanley
- Christine
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(Being released on DVD in UK early February 2005) It has been shown on at least one occasion on British terrestrial television and I remember film critics slaughtering it in the TV guides. (Stick to the period drama boys & girls.) If you want to know what life was like for (us) ordinary London teenagers in the 80's, find this and enjoy. Well established British actors with acne, a microcosm of my life back in the day. Dodgy sets, dodgy acting, dodgy continuation, very entertaining nevertheless!!! Food fights, real fights, queues for the toilet, going upstairs for a quickie. A sizzling soundtrack of the day showcasing pop-punk, Bowie and the like. Wild Stallion anyone? Memories.......
If you were an English teenager during the 80's then you MUST see this film. To everybody else it will just be an odd curiosity. For me, it is the funniest film in existence and is one of the only films to have more quotable lines than Apocalypse now.
This was one of the first films i ever rented when my family first bought a VCR & 21 years later i still think its one of the funniest British comedies ever!most of the humour will be lost on our American cousins as it is VERY British!(It also helps if you were a teen at this time.Fantastic soundtrack also!Lots of familiar TV faces included(anyone remember Brush Strokes!).Daniel Peacock is brilliant as the hapless Toby,Especially dancing to Gene Genie!This film is so quotable too (Easily as many repeatable lines as say,Pulp Fiction).Not to everyones taste but worth a nostalgic look!
p.s Can you smell horses?
p.s Can you smell horses?
10xski
I have been quoting this film for the last 19 years and it still makes me laugh today, I recognise that it is very much of its day however I do know of a 21year old who puts this on a list of his favourites too. "See this ear........plastic" the lines just go on and on. don't watch this expecting to see citizen cane, watch it for what it is, a funny silly snapshot of adolescence in the suburbs of London in the 80s. Great fun spotting the cast members Lookout for Wicksy,Billy Mitchell, Jacko and a very young Caroline Quentin. I wish i still had my MK 3 Cortina! or was I the "fast flash passenger"
i love it
i love it
SO very British! But that's what makes it fun, it's a slice of life from a time and place different than what you usually see in these kind of movies. Booze, babes, food fights, and goofiness abound and it's all in good fun. A great soundtrack too! You can actually see where a lot of later teen movies stole stuff from if you've seen enough of 'em over the years,
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- TriviaThe title song by Elvis Costello has never been released on any Costello album or compilation. The single and soundtrack album for this film are its only official releases.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Comedy Connections: Men Behaving Badly (2003)
- SoundtracksParty Party
Written by Elvis Costello (as E. Costello)
Produced by Elvis Costello and Colin Fairley
Performed by Elvis Costello and The Attractions with the Royal Grand Horns
Courtesy of Riviera Global Record Productions Ltd.
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- 1h 40m(100 min)
- Color
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