- Release Date: 1997
- Runtime: 85 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Starring: Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling, Freddie Prinze Jr. ... see all
- Director: Mark Waters
- Plot: Jackie-O is anxiously awaiting the visit of her brother home for Thanksgiving, but isn't expecting him to bring a friend. She's even more shocked to learn that this friend is... Read more
User Reviews
A street car named Nasty
Jan 05, 2008
onepotato2 - imdb.com
Jan 05, 2008onepotato2 - imdb.com
House of Yes starts weird, gets unpleasant, then malicious, then off the charts icky, then it becomes nasty, etc.. Presumably it does this in a very conscious attempt to become a cult movie with the blackest humor in about twenty... Full review
Classic Dark Comedy
Oct 14, 2006
chris.nutile - yahoo.com
Oct 14, 2006chris.nutile - yahoo.com
House Of Yes has always been one of my favorites. I watched it again this evening and continue to find new aspects of the story. Parker Posey is incredible. I have to say I was disapointed when I realized that the... Full review
One of my favorites
Jun 07, 2006
ines606 - yahoo.com
Jun 07, 2006ines606 - yahoo.com
This movie has to be one of my all time favorites. The magnificent acting was so great I felt myself going into the movie as it played on. Parker Posey just takes you away into her own world. You just didn't... Full review
The house of yes. Ahhhh.
Jun 07, 2006
purplebaby772002 - yahoo.com
Jun 07, 2006purplebaby772002 - yahoo.com
I thought the acting was great. The story was something. I especially liked the clever jokes. This movie is very different. I heard good reviews of this movie before.... Full review
One Screwed Up LOT
Apr 06, 2004
bellhollow - imdb.com
Apr 06, 2004bellhollow - imdb.com
This movie is about the games between twins and their incestuous relationship. The whole family is screwed up beyond repair. Everyone seems to have a really bad hang-up on someone. The banter among the siblings is hilarious and they set... Full review
House of Fun for the sick-minded and perverse
Jan 27, 2004
Miles Keaton Andrew - imdb.com
Jan 27, 2004Miles Keaton Andrew - imdb.com
The House of Yes is one of my personal favorites. Is it creepy? Yes. Is it funny? No - it's hysterical, at least to those of us accustomed to laughing at things you're not supposed to laugh about - like... Full review
Parker Posey rules the screen!
Dec 31, 2003
yossarian100 - imdb.com
Dec 31, 2003yossarian100 - imdb.com
Doing a film adaptation of a play rarely works, but when it does, as it most assuredly does in this movie, the performances are overwhelming and intoxicating. Parker Posey's characterization will be forever burned into my memory. The House Of... Full review
The house of maybe
Aug 11, 2003
George Parker - imdb.com
Aug 11, 2003George Parker - imdb.com
In "The House of Yes" Posey plays a nut case who calls herself Jackie-O, dresses like Jacqueline Onassis, and likes to have incestuous liaisons with her brother while doing impromptu reenactments of the Kennedy assassination. A claustrophobic dark ensemble theatrical... Full review
Sick, not funny
Feb 10, 2002
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Feb 10, 2002- imdb.com
This movie was sick, not to mention completely unrealistic. Jackie-O would definitely be locked up at this point in time. There is no way the doctors who diagnosed her illness would let her roam free after she shot her brother!... Full review
Drivel
Sep 11, 1999
Tala-2 - imdb.com
Sep 11, 1999Tala-2 - imdb.com
Why is it that some users feel that people who don't like this movie are "inane babbling fools" or right-wingers? I am neither and I despised this film. I agree with the comment that the dialogue is not half as... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Feb 11, 2009Cinematical
A strange anomaly in the cinematic world, The House of Yes was the film that made the best of everyone -- the rare example that some chastised stars could offer more than the usual easily forgotten fare.
It also wouldn't seem believable that they would come together for a darkly comedic story rife with word play ...
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| Aug 01, 2008Boxoffice Magazine
Sometimes blisteringly funny, other times horrifyingly tragic, "The House of Yes" (based on the play by Wendy MacLeod) is a shocking, original film that invites a variety of interpretations.....It would be hard to imagine a more nefarious tale involving family secrets and closet skeletons than.... ... Full Review
| Sep 07, 2004DVD Talk
In other words, exactly what you'd expect from a good TV movie.
Aurally, the movie sounds good, reproduced in 2.0 Dolby Digital.
There are also some interesting plot developments along the way toward the climax that will reach across demographics.
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| Oct 24, 1997Deseret News
Everyone in this highly distasteful dark comedy is dumb as a post, mentally disturbed or both.
It's just unfortunate that the other cast members, and consequently the movie, aren't nearly as good as she is.
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| Mar 19, 1993Entertainment Weekly
It's a measure of what highly watchable trash The House of Yes is....In a scene of glorious perversity, Jackie-O and Marty reconsummate their love by staging it as the assassination of you-know-who.....More than ever, you're aware of the glittering bitch-chic allure of Posey's presence -.... ... Full Review
News
VARIETY Hosts First Annual "DIRECTORS IN THE ROUND" at Sundance Film Festival
chron.com –
2009-01-17
The highly acclaimed VARIETY "10 Directors to Watch" is sporting a new shape this year with the first annual "Directors in the Round" discussion. Moderated by director Mark Waters ( The House of Yes, Mean Girls, The Spiderwick Chronicles )... ... Full Article
What's your most egregious pop-culture purchase?
ew.com –
2008-08-28
Sandy Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 04:47 PM EST As far as actual money spent, this isn't much, but I've bought two items off ebay that were free promos so I've paid for something that didn't cost anything for the... ... Full Article
Out of the ashes of development hell, Mike Myers will rise as Walter Mitty. Oh, how I wish the ashes had buried this project too deep to ever see the light of day. ... Full Article
When it comes to movies and TV specials, Thanksgiving is a little like Cinderella. Neglected by her stepsisters Halloween and Christmas, both of which get uglier and uglier each year with commercialization. ... Full Article
Strange house up on the grassy knoll
theglobeandmail.com –
1998-02-06
WEIRD lines of dialogue start poking out at you early in The House of Yes ,one of the darlings of the 1997 Sundance Film Festival and a quirky trip down the memory lane of absurdist theatre. ... Full Article

The House Of Yes (Jackie-O and Lesly)

