"The House of Yes": a Brief Synopsis without Giving Away the Movie, and a Glowing Critique of This Indian Favorite

When Parker Posey debuted this film in 1997, along with three others, she quickly became the sweetheart of independent films. No one else had the gift for adapting such a stiffly written, complexly neurotic character to the screen with such finesse that she made the whole movie believable. Written and directed by Mark Water, the script is based in a Broadway Play where young Marty (Josh Hamilton) comes home from college for Thanksgiving with his fiancé (Tori Spelling) in tow. …