Storyline

Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a border in a British seaside dwelling who is visited by two strangers. They torment him verbally, ask him idiotic unanswerable questions, force him to sit down and stand up, and give him a "party." Then, eventually, they take him away, a tongue-tied idiot. The trivial becomes the terrible, and with it a certain wonder, a certain pity.—alfiehitchie

Plot Keywords

day in title, birthday party, psychological torture, loser, jew, black comedy, ambiguity, based on play, mind game, old couple, three word title, boarding house, psychological abuse, newspaper, violence, insanity, irish accent, birthday present, dvd, cigarette smoking

Short Review

It probably wasn't possible to make a satisfactory film of The Birthday Party. On the other hand, it's impossible to imagine a better film of Pinter's play than this sensitive, disturbing version directed by William Friedkin.

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