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House Party
After a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out to head to a party at his friend Play's house when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't know that three of the thugs at school has decided to give him a lesson in behaviour...
16 March 1956, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
1962, USA
3 September 1963, Orange, New Jersey, USA
30 May 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 April 1965, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
7 October 1938, Madison County, Texas, USA
26 July 1933, Louisiana, USA
24 September 1966, North Trenton, New Jersey, USA
September 26, 2002
What is most appealing about House Party, and what sets it apart from many movies in the same genre, is that there is an energy and exuberance, a joy of living being celebrated here that is absolutely infectious.January 01, 2000
House Party is silly and high-spirited and not particularly significant, and that is just as it should be.January 01, 2000
[It's] fast-moving, never dull, extremely funny, and manages to touch, with lighthearted (and R-rated) profundity on almost every youthful issue you can imagine, including police harassment, teenage sex, the all-too-easy road to jail and alcohol drinking.March 10, 2003
This is the only House Party that counts.July 18, 2007
Crude and cartoony but hypnotic in its infectious energy, this low-budget comedy about a night in the lives of some black teenagers is an auspicious debut from brothers Reginald (directing) and Warrington (producing) Hudlin.March 18, 2008
This is a feel-good no-brainer with a party-loving cast and flat-top hairdos you could play pool on.May 20, 2003
All of the performances are good and the soundtrack pulses with humor as well as decibels.December 07, 2006
The first--and best--of the three black comedies made of the same concept, this joyful picture was far less cloying than its white counterpart movies of the 1960s.January 01, 2000
There's a lot more energy and social reality in this picture than one is accustomed to finding in teen exploitation movies; the cutting is often dynamic, and Hudlin generally does a good job of keeping things moving.January 01, 2000
House Party isn't a great movie, but it's heartfelt and enormously winning.August 16, 2007
Clearly this is no masterpiece, but as its US reception indicated, it is a product overdue in the market, and it compares well with its anaemic counterparts.April 01, 2012
An energetic and hilarious party film with charming stars, a killer soundtrack, and some great moments...