Inclubabu
Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.
Borgarkeri
A bit overrated, but still an amazing film
Livestonth
I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Orla Zuniga
It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review
caspian1978
An interesting look at both political parties in America, The Party's Over is a movie about just that. A look into the 2000 election for President and how corrupt and misguiding both political parties are and how the youth of today has been programmed to become consumers. Although the movie did not have a large budget to use, the film scores big with its audience. Sad but true, the Party's Over captures what is happening in Washington DC and in the White House. The addition of having celebrity interviews, a segment on Ralph Nadar's involvement with the 2000 election and the hidden corruption behind the Bush and Gore administration makes the documentary a delight, no matter what political party you belong to.
jryan-4
For most of its duration, this entertainiing documentary seemsto aim at the "both sides are identical in that they are equallyindebted to corporations" logic until the very end when the Bushbashing starts which doesn't favor the democrats as much as itillustrates the absurdity of the 2000 election. In a no win situation italways seems prescient in afterthought to impale the winner. At first this stance appears inconsistent until it becomes clearthat this film proposes the Green Party and Ralph Nader as a thesupposed solution to this both sides bad pardigm . The bloom is far off the rose for this argument because it wasNader who in fact enabled the "victory" of Bush thus underscoringthe danger of naivete and over simplification during the electoralprocess. The jingoistic attitude of America continues to this verywriting. Now, much thanks to Nader and political thinking like the leftleaning bias ultimately revealedin this film, we have ironicallyarrived at Bush and a war about which the spy novelist / coldwarrior John LeCarre has written; " Don't pretend that this is notreligiously based. Don't pretend this is not a crusade. Don'tpretend this isn't about oil. Don't pretend this isn't about making afortune and keeping the American people on their heels in fear"Aside from that Mrs Lincoln, it was a pretty good play. six
jrosenfe
Political neophyte and open-eyed observer Hoffman leads us on a trail through the Presidential campaign and election of 2000. The film is a depressing illumination of the selfishness pervasive in America (as a synonym for Libertarianism in the Conservative movement), of the events leading up to the election of George W. Bush, and the stifling of public debate and protest along the way, and of the crookedness of the election results, which put into power the most self-interested administration and one less committed to genuine altruistic compassion than any other, elected by deceit and money, and the impotence of a voting public, that in large measure sees itself disenfranchised by corporate and party domination.
gessel
The Party's Over is a carefully constructed and thought-provoking look at both the democratic and republican parties, centering around each of their conventions before the 2000 election. The film makers got access to both conventions and do a wonderful job of showing the amazing hypocrisy of the US democratic process.The film makers are clearly and unapologetically left-leaning, but that doesn't translate to sparing anyone. Only the greens come out well, but even that is undermined by the outcome of the 2000 election, which is the film's enervating denouement.Mr. Hoffman does a great job with the interviews, becoming more confident as he moves along, and there's a charming exchange between him and Michael Moore, to whom he bears physical similarity.
