When the Party's Over (1993)

M.J. lives together with her girlfriends Amanda and Frankie in a house in Beverly Hills. While she tries to keep her career going, her personal life is becoming a mess. Things start to heat... See full summary »

Director:

Matthew Irmas

Writers:

Matthew Irmas (story), Ann Wycoff (story),

Stars:

Rae Dawn Chong, Sandra Bullock, Kris Kamm

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rae Dawn Chong	...	M.J.
Sandra Bullock	...	Amanda
Kris Kamm	...	Banks
Elizabeth Berridge	...	Frankie
Brian McNamara	...	Taylor
Paul Johansson	...	Henry
Michael Landes	...	Willie
Max Kamins	...	Mr. Solomon
Norm Skaggs	...	Stuart
Raymond Cruz	...	Mario
John Goddard	...	Graham
Robert Nadder	...	Arthur
Desi Arnez Hines II	...	George
Webster Williams	...	Bennet Condon
Terrence E. McNally	...	David Berryman

Storyline

M.J. lives together with her girlfriends Amanda and Frankie in a house in Beverly Hills. While she tries to keep her career going, her personal life is becoming a mess. Things start to heat up when Frankie gets involved with an ex-lover of M.J. and M.J. cannot take her fingers off of him.

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Plot Keywords:

homosexual | gay interest | apostrophe in title | punctuation in title | independent film

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Genres:

Drama | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and sexuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 March 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

...E a Festa Acabou

Company Credits

Production Co:

Emby Eye

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

One more voice-mail message left about 1/3 way through the credits.

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Soundtracks

"Wt Picasso"
By John Kilzer
Performed by John Kilzer

User Reviews

HQ Soap Opera

Good movie, easy to follow, but enough depth to stay focused. There's no clearly outlined story here, just a glimpse of the life of a group of friends finding their way in a big and individualistic world. The characters are believable, and the sketch of the absurdity of Hollywood wannabee life is entertaining and over the right top. Bullock is OK, but I cannot see real exquisite marvel in her eyes. Chong and Berridge are very good and the parts of Mr. Midnight and the little brother serve as welcome optimistic counter figures.

All in all this movie can be seen as a high-quality soap opera in that it manages to plant an entire season's drama in just 110 minutes and the emotional perceptions are almost authentic. To top that we receive some profound glances of the whims and fancies of human personality and the attitude on life.