Review of The Party

The Party (1968)
7/10
Hilarious Peter Sellers vehicle in which he causes disaster at a posh gathering
3 April 2012
Superb and overblown comedy with Peter Sellers in sparkling form as one man show in which plays an Indian actor making life intolerable for all and causes wreak considerable havoc at a lush Hollywood party . Very funny comedy from the team responsible for the Inspector Clouseau series , as stars Peter Sellers , musician Henry Mancini and director Blake Edwards .

This release is an enjoyable comedy starred by the great Peter Sellers as the inept and bungler actor named Bakshi , role who along with Clouseau became a world-wide institution . Pacing of visual film is well-developed including a magnificent opening with Sellers and his trumpet , as the director with his knowledge of the mechanics of cinema gets entertainment and amusement . Several chuckles and gags , and sight jokes abound , the result of which is one of the funniest Blake Edwards films . The movie gets entertained and hilarious moments here and there , with some side-splitting situations . This slapstick contains funny scenes , never slowdown and laughters come quickly . Top-notch Peter Sellers who is an absolute walking disaster in a similar character to Clouseau , as botcher Bashki , everything he touches turns to ashes . It appears notorious secondaries as Gavin MacLeod , Steve Franken , Marge Champion and a gorgeous Claudine Longet . Lively and atmospheric music by habitual Henry Mancini .

The film is well penned and directed , as always , by Blake Edwards . Blake is a classic comedy filmmaker and director of his own dialogue , there's no doubt he knows what he's about . His stories are amusing and well-realized though uneven , but thanks to Sellers many movies stand out . He had successes with ¨Pink Panther¨ series who became him a world-wide celebrity as ¨A shot in dark¨ , ¨Return of pink panther , ¨Revenge of pink panther¨ , ¨Curse of Pink Panther¨ , ¨Pink Panther strikes again¨ , ¨Trail of Pink Panther¨ , ¨Son of Pink Panther¨ , among others . Since then , there have been many more hit-and-miss comedies , some wildly unsuitable vehicles for his second wife Julie Andrews as ¨The Tamarind seed¨ , ¨Darling Lili¨, ¨SOB¨ , ¨10¨ , ¨That's life¨ . His greatest hits were ¨The party¨ , the tranvestite comedy ¨Victor/Victoria¨ and of course the joyously ¨Breakfast at Tiffany's ¨. The flick will appeal to Peter Sellers fans . This is arguably one of the Blake Edwards' best . This consistently fun comedy titled ¨The party¨ deserves 'Two thumbs up' .
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