Party Girl

The debut feature from director Daisy von Scherler Mayer, Party Girl pretty much cemented Parker Posey's status as the indie-film "it girl" of the 1990s. Posey stars as Mary, a fun-loving and irresponsible twentysomething New Yorker who prefers throwing bashes at her loft to pay the rent over ...more

Daisy von Scherler Mayer's ode to a '90s Holly Golightly is a pleasantly lightweight, if forgettable diversion. Indie film queen Parker Posey stars as the kind of self-indulgent, club-hopping diva who would show up for the opening of a dry cleaners. When her funds begin to run perilously low, she reluctantly takes a job in a library, with a boss who's not impressed by her partying skills. Although the film seems to be intended as sort of morality tale "lite," the script is so underwritten and ...more