IMDb plot summary: A clerical mistake results in a bumbling Indian film star being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired.
Directed by Blake Edwards. Starring Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, J. Edward McKinley, and Denny Miller.
As a straight farce, this is fine. Has some good moments, builds to a nice conclusion. The moment where the toilet paper just unrolled all the way had me cackling. But it's all spoiled by the fact that for *no* reason inherent to the plot (as if that would justify it), Peter Sellers is in brownface playing an Indian character. It's not like this movie is astonishingly great outside of that, but it is a little piece of "ew" that is found throughout and makes it less enjoyable.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Party < Laura
The Party > Gone With the Wind
The Party < Ocean's Twelve
The Party < A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The Party > Band of Outsiders
The Party > Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
The Party > Teacher's Pet
The Party < 101 Dalmatians (1961)
The Party < The Aristocats
The Party > The Peanut Butter Falcon
The Party > 12 Days of Terror
The Party > The Christmas Toy
Final spot: #2125 out of 3063.
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