Abigail's Party (1977)

★ 7.4 1h 47m IMDb
Comedy Drama

Beverly and Laurence are entertaining their new neighbours, Angela and Tony as well as Sue, whose teenage daughter, Abigail, is having a party. Over drinks and small talk, class differences and relationship difficulties emerge.

Abigail's Party

Where to Watch

Checking 300+ streaming services for this title. Check back soon.

Rent / Buy

No rental or purchase options available yet.

Cast

Alison Steadman
Alison Steadman as Beverley Age 79 · Liverpool, England, UK Alison Steadman (born 26 August 1946) is an English actor. She won the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh (her husband 1973-2001) film Life is Sweet, and t...
Tim Stern
Tim Stern as Laurence
Janine Duvitski
Janine Duvitski as Angela Age 73 · Nottinghamshire, England, UK Janine Duvitski (born Christine Janine Drzewicki) is a British actress, known for her roles in the BBC TV sitcom series Waiting for God, One Foot in the Grave and Benidorm. Duvitski first came to nati...
John Salthouse
John Salthouse as Tony Age 74 · London, England John Salthouse is a British actor and producer. His best-known screen roles are those of Tony in Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party and DI Roy Galloway in The Bill from 1984 to 1987. He is married to the a...
Director Mike Leigh
Cast Alison Steadman, Tim Stern, Janine Duvitski, John Salthouse, Harriet Reynolds

Audience Reviews

CinemaSerf 7/10 Mar 27, 2022
Alison Steadman is outstanding in this BBC "Play for Today" self-adaptation of Mike Leigh's play as the really quite hateful "Beverley' who gathers a few of her friends around for drinks and canapés only to have the evening slowly degenerate into an alcohol infused angry, bitter observation of snobbery and middle class anachronisms. The tensions rise - accompanied by the increasingly intrusive and irritating racket from the eponymous party being held next door by the daughter of one of the guests. At times this is truly laugh-out-loud and at others agonisingly exasperating but an excellent example of great acting and writing.

Similar Movies

Interstellar 8.5
Interstellar 2014
Inception 8.4
Inception 2010
The Avengers 8.0
The Avengers 2012
The Dark Knight 8.5
The Dark Knight 2008
Avatar 7.6
Avatar 2009
Deadpool 7.6
Deadpool 2016
Fight Club 8.4
Fight Club 1999
Avengers: Infinity War 8.2
Avengers: Infinity War 2018
The Shawshank Redemption 8.7
The Shawshank Redemption 1994
Pulp Fiction 8.5
Pulp Fiction 1994
Guardians of the Galaxy 7.9
Guardians of the Galaxy 2014
Forrest Gump 8.5
Forrest Gump 1994
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 7.9
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2001
Iron Man 7.7
Iron Man 2008
Django Unchained 8.2
Django Unchained 2012
The Matrix 8.2
The Matrix 1999