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Title: Garden Party (2008)
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| Tierra Abbott | ... | Lana | |
| Christopher Allport | ... | Davey Diamond | |
| Lisa Arturo | ... | April's Mother | |
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Erik Bragg | ... | Dirk |
| Alexander Cendese | ... | Nathan (as Alex Cendese) | |
| Alesha Rucci | ... | Adriana (as Alesha Clarke) | |
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Lindley Domingue | ... | Second Groupie |
| Fiona Dourif | ... | Becky | |
| Shelley Dowdy | ... | Anna | |
| Robert Ellsworth | ... | Waiter | |
| Carrie Finklea | ... | Lost Girl | |
| Patrick Fischler | ... | Anthony | |
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Scott Grossman | ... | Super Duper |
| Richard Gunn | ... | Todd | |
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Jessica Havard | ... | First Groupie |
Are you young, sexually confused, just trying to get by? Do you sing, dance or possess some other talent? Welcome to the Garden Party. At the center of the story is 15-year-old April. She is running from one bad situation into another, hoping to find an answer that doesn't involve taking off her clothes. As April navigates Los Angeles, she falls in with a group of confused kids struggling to chase their dreams. The black widow at the center of this web is a sexy, pot-dealing realtor named Sally St. Clair. Anyone who gets too close falls victim to her kinky entanglements. For some it goes bad, for other worse. Written by Lookout Films
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I liked Crash. I thought the interweaving story lines was subtle enough to not make me second guess any of the writing. The issues dealing with race and class differences was very compelling and brought me to a different level when I left the movie theater.
I do not like Garden Party. Here we have yet another film about people living or moving to LA to try and follow their dreams. The problem with stories like this is the subject matter itself. The film has a smart premise, but I simply did not care for any of the characters.
That being said, Garden Party is not a total failure. While the story lines that do join together are forced and many times just don't feel genuine in the least bit. But we do have small scenes of character interactions that are quirky, funny, and charming.
The movie portrays LA a little differently than people see it as on the outside. Unfortunately for LA, the more real perception of the city isn't very pretty. And when a movie comes along trying to push that specific point, it better do it with some characters we want to care about.
In the end, Garden Party is the story of how we struggle to live our lives, and how not everything is golden and happy on the outside. You might connect with some of the terribly stereotyped characters, but in truth the writing doesn't lend itself to a strong character development, the acting as a whole is sub par, and the story simply not believable. I didn't buy into it, but you might.