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Their lives eventually intersect, but in more or less arbitrary ways.
Peter Debruge, Variety
Garden Party
Come with a Dream. Leave with a Story.
2008 · 1h 28m · Not Rated
Drama
Directed by
Jason Freeland
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
15%
Tomatometer
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Slow ride to nowhere.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Rotten
A low-rent answer to Robert Altmana(TM)s Short Cuts.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
It's a production in search of a movie.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Rotten
If we're meant to take these threads as a tapestry of L.A., then Freeland clearly needs to stop watching Robert Altman DVDs and go outside to see what the real world is actually like.
Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
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