We the Party

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  • Opened April 6, 2012 (Limited)
  • 1 hr 44 min
  • R | Sexual Content, All Involving Teens, Language and Brief Drug Use

  • A revealing look at contemporary youth culture, writer-director Mario Van Peebles’ WE THE PARTY shows teenagers as they are, not as adults would like them to be. Set amidst the latest trends in music, dance and fashion, WE THE PARTY is a colorful, cutting-edge comedy set in an ethnically diverse Los Angeles high school during America’s first black president. The film focuses on five friends as they deal with romance, money, prom, college, sex, bullies, facebook, fitting in, standing out, and finding themselves. Evoking such classic teen comedies as The Breakfast Club and House Party but with an attitude and style all its own, WE THE PARTY captures the hopes, confusion, challenges and dreams of today’s teenagers as they plunge headlong into an uncertain future. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Mandela Van Peebles, Simone Battle
  • Director: Mario Van Peebles
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Comedy

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Must Go!
We The Party - great film,

by diplomadepot

This was a very good comedy with some good lessons for all people to learn. Party on Mandela Van Peebles...

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Great movie with a great message

by Guggenheim

Loved it; loved music cannot stop singing YG's 'Truth' Mario keeps it real for teens and parents...

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by rawhid3

Very bad movie....

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88
Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

Despite its flashy cinematography and colorful sets, it contains a great deal that is serious about growing up in America today. Read full review

75
Slant Magazine
| Diego Costa

While We the Party can be insensitive, or blind, to the misogyny and homophobia of the general culture (the token gay teen is a finger-snapping, head-bobbing fashionista), it takes the issues of race and class quite seriously. Read full review

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The New York Times
| Neil Genzlinger

Other Van Peebleses also populate the movie, and all are serviceable enough as actors; it would be nice to see them in less earnest, more original material. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Frank Scheck

Despite the filmmaker's obvious good intentions in trying to impart valuable life lessons to younger viewers, We the Party suffers from any number of problems, including uneven acting (talent isn't always hereditary); stereotypical characters and situations; and a manic visual style featuring the sort of split-screen obsession that felt outdated decades ago. Read full review

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A scene from "We the Party."