This is the film that launched the film career of Sophie Marceau. The 14 year old star goes through the "growing pains" as an only child of successful professionals. The age where kids are granted to have a "boom" (party) without parent supervision has arrived at last! Nervous fathers are sitting in parked cars, uncertain whether to "see what's going on" in the apartment where the teenagers are celebrating their independence.

This film is not just a series of laughs, but it seriously handles issues such as sibling rivalry, divorce and other situations relevant to adolescents. There are isolated scenes with crude double-meaning, crassly unsuitable for children. Viewing by pre-teens should be at parent's discretion! Otherwise, this is a thoroughly enjoyable "feel good movie".

The love theme "Reality" by Richard Sanderson, a #1 World Hit at the time, is a beautiful song popping up throughout the story, adding to the magic. Lots of European "flavor" make this a great film to enjoy. Capitalizing on the huge success of this 1980 instant-classic is the 1982 sequel, the much weaker "La Boum 2". Enjoy "La Boum" and forget about the sequel

"La boum" is a French movie from 1980, so it will have its 40th anniversary soon already and it is a mix of all kinds of genres: music, comedy, drama, romance, but most of all it is a coming-of-age movie. But we will get to the details of this 110-minute film soon. First I would like to say that I really really appreciate the fact that films like this one or also the probably even more famous "Belle de jour" are shown again in theaters so many decades after their original release. It would be amazing if more classics could return to the big screen, also especially for the big cinemas that usually only offer the new stuff. I guess the quantity of viewers there to watch this one here as well as Bdj show the demand is there.

Now back to this one: It is the story of a teenage girl who discovers love, attraction and also sexuality and we get to be a part of it. Sadly, things on the home front aren't looking too brilliant either for her as daddy cheats on mommy and these are more than busy taking care of themselves and their struggles. What's it she got? 13 years of age. Nice quote there. And I generally liked the film's approach in terms of realism. It never tries to fool us into thinking this was about true love, even if the main character believes so. The final scene/shot is the perfect example. Yes the film does go over the top frequently, like in terms of the old lady bringing sexual talk and comedy or the perhaps too frequent use of a certain song, but it is always likable in doing so, which makes it easier to look past that. Maybe the drama is not always working like the "flight" part or the way too big coincidence of him turning up in her hotel room, but yeah well there is a certain charm to this movie that makes it easy to ignore the weaker moments. It did really feel what growing up in 1970's or 1980's France could have looked like in my opinion and I write this as somebody who wasn't even born when this film was written and directed by the late Claude Pinoteau, probably his most known work. He also returned for the sequel two years later, which shows you that this original film was quite a success here. Maybe I will check out the second film at some point too, preferably at the very big screen as well. As for this one hear, it reminded me a bit of a harmless version of the Lemon Popsicle at times, from the girls' perspective obviously and harmless because the characters here are younger for sure. Only the cinema dick grabbing scene was probably on par with the famous Israeli film series. Overall, I give "The Party" a thumbs-up. It is worth seeing alone for the young Sophie Marceau in her very first performance already and looking at that one it is not surprising at all that she is still enjoying a successful and prolific career these days at the age of 50. Check her out. Her performance and the film and comedy feel pretty modern at times, the story could also be from the 2010s. A good watch and I give it a thumbs-up.

Saw this movie in my high school French class - a typical teenage, coming-of-age flick, with all the sappiness, rebellions, dating, and semi-raunchy stuff. It stars future Bond girl Sophie Marceau in her first film feature.

I remembered that the film got quite the laughs from my class, but I myself found it just mildly entertaining with its slow plot, average acting, and uninhibited-ness.

Grade C