rodrig58 Want to taste some strawberry soup? You are not a gourmet like me? Not even a gourmet of movies? Of the best movies? Believe you me, this one it's probably the best comedy of all time. Peter Sellers in an absolutely irresistible role, for which he coached in "The Road to Hong Kong"(1962), directed by Norman Panama, where he performs a demented Indian Neurologist. You will see many other adorable actors in "The Party": Claudine Longet, Steve Franken, J Edward McKinley, etc. Great music by the great Henry Mancini. Blake Edwards (1922-2010) was a great film director and comedy specialist, the Pink Panther series with the huge Peter Sellers, "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and so on. Now, I recommend you to watch The Rolling Stones' official promo video for "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It)"(1974), directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. The circus tent that fills with bubbles is certainly inspired by the end of "The Party". And another recommendation, if you watch "Bean" (1997), with Rowan Atkinson and directed by Mel Smith, you will find that the idea with the painting is inspired by the same "The Party" (Peter Sellers scene in the bathroom after he succeeds finally to pee...). I would give it more than 10 stars because it is really a movie that you can see many many times, all your life. I forgot how many times I saw it, five times for certain, at least.

philvid-02672 I must have seen it 100 times and know this movie line by line. However, it was the first time for my kids and they enjoyed a lot. This is very difficult these days when people have the attention span of a mouse... Steve Franken ( aka the drunken butler ) steals the show, he's something else... It is quite unbelievable that Peter Sellers was pretty hard to live and work with to see that Peter Sellers was a comedic genius. Mind you I never enjoyed The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980) or Casino Royale (1967), however I remember where I was when learned of his death. I think his best role I think is Chance the gardener in Being There. You know when you still walk around the house saying: Burdie num, num or Kato my little yellow friend , 40 years on, it means something. My kids think I'm crazy , probably ! lol

swadhin999 Every Indians have a monkey in their house and India is a country of elephants and monkeys, where people are uncivilized and don't know how to behave with other people. Indians can never be equal to people in west and hence they couldn't find sit beside whites as equal in a party to have dinner. So they didn't got an extra chair and poor Bakshi had to sit lower to everybody.Let me tell u we Indians don't mind laughing at ourselves but whatever shown in this film was shameful and racist. It shows mentality of people in the west about Indians and how Indians were stereotyped, discriminated as children of lesser God. This film was boring and lame with no story at all. This film is a classic example of racist mentality.

Scott LeBrun In one of the few non-Pink Panther related collaborations between actor Peter Sellers and filmmaker Blake Edwards, the great Sellers is at his best. He's cast as bumbling Indian actor Hrundi V. Bakshi, whose clumsiness on a location destroys a Hollywood productions' most valuable set. However, circumstances not only prevent Hrundi from being fired, but being invited to the swank party hosted by studio mogul Fred Clutterbuck (J. Edward McKinley) by mistake. There, he ultimately makes a shambles of the evening, but he receives ample assistance from other bumblers on the scene."The Party" might not appeal to all viewer tastes, who might see it as too slowly paced and overlong. But it's very lavish entertainment, well shot in Panavision by Lucien Ballard, and with colourful sets. The gags aren't non-stop, but there are some appreciable farcical moments, such as when Hrundi turns a visit to the bathroom into a disaster.Sellers is completely endearing and hilarious, once again completely disappearing inside a role. He receives solid support from a cast also including French beauty Claudine Longet (as party guest Michele Monet), Marge Champion, Buddy Lester, Gavin MacLeod, Fay McKenzie, Denny Miller, Timothy Scott, Ken Wales, and Carol Wayne. However, for a while this turns into the Steve Franken show, as the actor threatens to steal the film away from Sellers, playing an incompetent servant who becomes inebriated.Everything builds at a deliberate pace to a fun over the top finale, that's better seen than described.Great music, as always, by Henry Mancini.Seven out of 10.