House Party (1990) on Netflix
Play throws a party at his home while his parents are on vacation. Grounded after a school fight, Kid sneaks out anyway, and three thugs from school are looking for him.
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- IMDb6.5/1018,402 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes93%
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Plot summary
Play announces in the school cafeteria that his parents are away and that he is hosting a party that night, with Bilal as a reluctant DJ. Kid gets into an altercation with the school bully Stab and Stab's brothers Pee-Wee and Zilla. At home, Pop agrees to let Kid attend, but a letter from the school about the fight changes his mind and he grounds his son instead. Kid slips out while Pop sleeps, and the closing door wakes his father. Police stop Kid on his way, and he runs into Stab and his brothers. Kid hops a fence into Roughouse's backyard, where someone shoots at the group, and he ducks into an Alpha Delta Sigma reunion. There he has the DJ spin his old records so he can rap, until Stab and his group interrupt.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about House Party (1990)
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- The lead roles were originally imagined for the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith (as The Fresh Prince); Christopher Martin later revealed in 2021 that Kid 'n Play were always the intended stars and that the other pairing was only considered as an alternative.
- Made for just $2.5 million, the film opened in only 520 theaters with a $4.6 million gross before becoming a sleeper hit that ultimately earned over $26 million.
- Reginald Hudlin wrote and directed House Party based on his own award-winning student film, which he had made years earlier at Harvard University.
- In 2022, the Library of Congress selected House Party for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.
