Fresh and Exciting

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I really enjoyed this. Sat down and started watching. Was entertained from beginning to end. Visually en mentaly entertaining and a lovely funny love story set in 1977.

First take a look at that terrible terrible cover. its like a bad insta photo then a photoshopped mess just how they did in the 90s, like jawbreakers or etc. but way way worse. Who made this mess of a film? It's like an old director picturing what young adults thinks is cool in 2018. Its worse then that. Its like plan 9 from outer space meets dude i stole your car meets a vogue article for teens. Its bad. If you talk like this to girls at parties youll problably get peppersprayed. Nothing punk, nothing edgy about this, Its just a ridicilous fairytale from some rich ass teens that got into shobiz in young age not knowing whats what. This movie was so terrible i lost a bit of respect for elle. Its like watching the tvshow glow in 3d while high on dishwater and glue listening to flintstones.

This is certainly a bizarre production. I went in less as a John Cameron Mitchell fan (Though I did enjoy Hedwig & even to an extent Shortbus) and more as a Neil Gaiman fan. I had no clue how such a short, strange, and vague story could really be adapted and Mitchell's answer was less to make a film out of the story and its implications - but his own film, in his own style, with his own themes based upon the skeleton of the story.And it works, provided you can tune into this films wavelength. It's an intentionally weird film; extremely campy, often stupid, and very heavily targeted towards an LGBT friendly demographic (In spite of the heterosexual main couple.). If you enjoy some of the more out there films from that crowd including some of Mitchell's previous films, you might be able to find How to Talk to Girls at Parties as charming as I did.It's not a great film by any stretch and it ends on an admittedly confusing note that I'm not sure I fully understood. It doesn't stick the landing when it comes to delivering on the sci-fi elements implied in the original short story. But one could argue that wasn't the point. It's clear this movie just wants to have fun.And fun it is! The characters are charming, there's some fun dialogue & gags, and the playful sexuality of the film is something that appeals to me as a member of the LGBT community. But it's easy to understand why this film is going to appeal to a very small niche.To quote Gaiman himself on the film: Watch the trailer. If that looks like a film you'll enjoy, go ahead and see it. If the style turns you off... you'll probably hate it. It is not for everyone and that is clear from any distance, but I just so happen to be in the demographic that found something to enjoy here.

The picture "How to talk to girls at parties" is a fascinating and fantastic story about love. The film unfolds in the suburbs of London in 1977. Three friends of high school punks after the next concert go in search of after-care and accidentally wander to an unusual party. There they observe small groups of people in amazing costumes of various colors. One of them is fond of sex Stella (Ruth Wilson), the other finds herself in a strange dance, and the main character Anne (Alex Sharp) falls in love with the beautiful Zen (El Fanning). At first, it seems to him that she is just a nuts American, but later he learns that she is an alien, like everyone else at a party. This is only an intriguing plot of the film, which can be called a fantastic romantic musical comedy impregnated with punk culture.This work was put by John Cameron Mitchell on the eponymous story of the now very popular English writer Neil Gaiman. American Mitchell - a provocative director, screenwriter, actor - known for theatrical and film audience for his musical, and later the film - "Hedwig and the ill-fated inch." Briton Gaiman, in turn, is more known for the novel "American Gods" and his recent serialization. In creating a beautiful visual style, Mitchell was helped by the cameraman Frank J. DeMarco, who shot "The hope will not fade away" with Robert Redford, as well as costume designer Sandy Powell, the owner of three Oscars, for her past work. Along with this, you can hear the frenzied music of the 70's in the picture, not so much hits as it usually happens, how many tracks of lesser known bands that even more immerses in that atmosphere.To watch this picture is a pleasure, if you like its creators like punk rock and Britain of that time. Animated psychedelic scenes complementary to what is happening look bright and mesmerizing. The cast that, to the stars already listed (and they can not be called in any other way, because Ruth Wilson and Alex Sharp are also theater actors with high awards) is complemented by the unfading Nicole Kidman in the image of the punk queen Bodice, looks very convincing. And the fascinating El Fanning, who is at least 18 years old, will make even those who perfectly speak with girls at parties party.