The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a devastating secret that turns the night into a battle of truth and denial.
The Celebration has generally received very positive reviews.
Review of The Celebration (1998)
By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 08 Nov 2009
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The Celebration was released in 1998 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 10 reviews, giving The Celebration (1998) an average rating of 80%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 90%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 81%.
With a score of 80%, The Celebration is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1998, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1998 with similar scores include films like Run Lola Run, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
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