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Garden Party (2008) -- 15-year-old April is running from one bad situation to another, hoping to find an answer that doesn't involve getting undressed. As April navigates LA, she finds a group of confused kids struggling to chase their dreams.
Garden Party (2008) -- This is the theatrical trailer for Garden Party, directed by Jason Freeland.
Garden Party (2008) -- Are you young, sexually confused, just trying to get by? Do you sing, dance or possess some other talent...
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Jason Freeland (writer)
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11 July 2008 (USA) more
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Come with a Dream. Leave with a Story.
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Weak script, acting, direction=Typical STV movie more (7 total)

Cast

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Vinessa Shaw ... Sally St. Claire

Willa Holland ... April

Richard Gunn ... Todd

Patrick Fischler ... Anthony
Fiona Dourif ... Becky
Erik Smith ... Sammy (as Erik Scott Smith)
Alexander Cendese ... Nathan (as Alex Cendese)

Ross Patterson ... Joey Zane
Jordan Havard ... Wayne

Christopher Allport ... Davey Diamond
Jeff Newman ... Carlos

Tierra Abbott ... Lana

Lisa Arturo ... April's Mother
Erik Bragg ... Dirk

Alesha Rucci ... Adriana (as Alesha Clarke)
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88 min
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1 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Weak script, acting, direction=Typical STV movie, 6 June 2009
3/10
Author: Vincent Cadena from California

I saw this movie basically because I think that Willa Holland is an incredibly lovely young model/actress. I won't give away too much of the plot except to say this is a rip off of P.T. Anderson, Brett Easton Ellis, Mulholland Dr and throw in The OC just because the filmmakers have little imagination an originality of their own. I mean there's not much to give away there aren't any big plot twists. It just occurred to me that if Mystery Science Theater 3000 were still around this would be the perfect movie for them to goof on. This film is about a group of people living in Los Angeles, some of them prostitute themselves, others sell real estate an marijuana, some are musicians and some do nothing. I mean this movie is hilariously bad at times, one of the characters is suppose to be an amazing badass rocker and he makes the Jonas brothers look cool. So like I said in my summary kind of a typical bad straight to video movie, weak acting, direction, cinematography etc. What really gave this movie character is the bad script, it's just so laughable it almost and I repeat almost makes this entertaining in a bad way. It's funny to think that the lead actress worked with Stanley Kubrick and Vinessa Shaw is a good actress, when given the right material. Willa Holland is cute but I can see her doing many more movies like this. Probably the best thing about this confusing movie was the genuinely funny agent, sure the guy is just ripping off Dane Cook and Jeremy Piven but it's not like those two are Deniro or Jim Carrey for that matter. See this movie if you're with some friends and you want to make your own Mystery Science Theater 3000.

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