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The Party Animal

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1984 · 78 min Comedy
5.3 / 10 · TMDB

The Party Animal is a documentary-style comedy about a sex-starved man, Pondo Sinatra, a 26-year-old college student whom everyone agrees is doomed to die a virgin. Desperate to break what seems to be a cosmic curse, he tries ever more bizarre schemes to seduce one the sexy, scantily-clad women who seem to be everywhere, taunting him and enjoying his misery. Despite his best efforts, however, he is rejected everywhere, even at the local cathouse. When Pondo threatens to kill himself, Studley, his ladykilling best friend, tries to help him in his quest to "get him a little", as does Studley's mentor, a wise old janitor named Elbow.

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Year 1984
Country United States of America
Genre Comedy
Director David Beaird
Runtime 78 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.3/10 (23 votes)

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The film constructs a grotesque situational comedy, relying on a documentary style and exaggerated character archetypes. It explores themes of social desperation through absurdity, never aiming for profundity.

Those who tire of sophisticated plots will find a cascade of ridiculous scenarios and farcical moments, where the protagonist is a victim of his own fantasies and cosmic injustice. What lingers after is the feeling of a lightweight, albeit very unpretentious, parody of 80s campus comedies. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: David Beaird

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