
Mary is a free-spirited young woman with a run-down New York apartment and a high fashion wardrobe. She calls her godmother, a librarian, for bail money after being arrested for throwing an illegal party. To repay the loan, she begins working as a library clerk. At first she hates it, but when challenged decides to master the Dewey Decimal System and become a great library clerk, while romancing a falafel vendor and helping her roommate in his goal to become a professional DJ... (Full plot summary below)
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Mary is a free-spirited young woman with a run-down New York apartment and a high fashion wardrobe. She calls her godmother, a librarian, for bail money after being arrested for throwing an illegal party. To repay the loan, she begins working as a library clerk. At first she hates it, but when challenged decides to master the Dewey Decimal System and become a great library clerk, while romancing a falafel vendor and helping her roommate in his goal to become a professional DJ.
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| HitfixDrew McWeenyThere is a very quiet, natural quality to even the most dramatic of scenes. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe film knows how absurd this is, yet its triumph is that, by the end, we're actually rooting for Mary to see the library as her salvation. |
| Washington PostDesson HoweParty Girl, which director and co-writer Mayer made for less than $1 million, is hip and contemporary without being archly so. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonThe movie is poppy, clever and more than enjoyable, but Posey is something else altogether. She's a revelation. |
| Portland OregonianTim AppeloWhat makes it delicious fun is Posey, a party girl for the ages. |
| IndiewireEric KohnThough never entirely the sum of its parts, Party Girl delivers a gentle, somber portrait of the aging process that's consistently believable precisely because not much happens. |
| Austin ChronicleAlison MacorParty Girl strives only to be as fun and lighthearted as its namesake. |
| Los Angeles TimesPeter RainerParty Girl has the courage of its own no-braininess. |
| CineVueJohn BleasdaleParty Girl may tread familiar ground but Theis-Litzemburger is utterly convincing as the self-absorbed, beguilingly unaware lead. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe material doesn’t always feel fresh enough, despite the unique setting and cast of true-to-life characters. |