Garden Party

I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I LIKED IT
First off the picture on the front cover never appears in the movie, nor do all those characters enter a swimming pool. The title "Garden Party" comes from the Ricky Nelson song which is sung at a Garden Party. The movie centers around the sleazy Internet Porno traffickers, their clients, and users plus those who intersect with their lives. The characters in this film are human. They are neither all good nor all bad. Victims are not all victims and people who help you all want something, but only a few demand.

Vinessa Shaw plays a real estate agent, Sally St. Clair (the box says LA, but the Hollywood sign is real prominent in the background). We find out she was once a stripper, who became a real estate agent. She helps street urchins, but demands their loyalty and hard work in return. She is ruthless and unethical in business and is not afraid to use her sex to get what she wants. Working for her is a Nebraska boy, who is unsure about his sexuality. He is mostly gay, but...

I Went To A Garden Party
Jason Freeland's Garden Party is one of those films that tries hard to be hip and chic but doesn't always hit its mark. The intersecting story film is notoriously hard to pull off. When done well (Altman's Short Cuts, Haggis' Crash) they can be quite realistic and interesting to see. Unfortunately Garden Party comes off as improbable and contrived.

Garden Party (it takes its name from the Ricky Nelson song) attempts to tell the story of a group of young people living in Los Angeles. First there is 15 year old April (Willa Holland) new in town and trying to get by without having to take off her clothes. Sammy is a muscian who is looking for a break, Nathan is a intern at the real estate office of Sally St Clair (Vinesaa Shaw). St. Clair is a pot growing real estate agent who has some particularly nasty skeletons in her closet who is the glue that holds the film together.

While not a bad film it could have been much better. The biggest complaint is that Freeland...

attending this Party left me wondering why...
Garden Party is one of those movies that feature a few storylines that all intertwine throughout the movie. I usually like movies like this one because I enjoy the variety of characters presented and the interesting ways their lives intersect. Unfortunately, this is one movie that I found my self feeling completely blank on. I neither like it nor hate it. I do feel as if I wasted my time watching it though.
Let me see... there was diversity. There was a real estate agent who was extremely successful who had a few dirty pictures floating around on the internet. She has a stalker guy who is obsessed with her and having woes with his girlfriend and cannot seem to decide if he wants to sell his house. Her assistant is a guy who seems confused... really confused... about his sexuality but he does have an affixation for pot. He picks up this homeless kid who is a musician who is on the verge of being big and develops a swift attraction to him. The homeless kid seems to be a "pleaser"...

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