How to Talk to Girls at Parties is much more enjoyable than the critics would have you think. Even if you can't catch the Punk Rock inside jokes, it's entertaining and fun. I loved the alien costumes. Does young love succeed? Spoiler alert -> nothing blows up.

everything it needs to become a cult classic.

Highly recommend! Great movie and soundtrack

A wild ride - a punk Moulin Rouge!, with the two leads star-crossed lovers in the most bizarre way! Oh, and Nicole Kidman is BRILLIANT as the ageing punk master.

How To Talk To Girls At Parties tells the story of an extraterrestrial traveler who learns about the art of teenage seduction. Overall, How To Talk To Girls At Parties is absurd to like, but for some audiences who are down to watch original stuff, then this the film for them. What I loved about this film was it's originality that it delivered. It's aspect ratio, and script, too. What some audiences will hate, is its plot that the film carries. For some, people will actually love the plot. This is a very likable film because, again, of its originality. The film is a fun-messy ride, and an outrages film. It's a film that you have to prepare yourself for, rather than going into it, not knowing what its about. This is isn't the weirdest A24's ever done.

This is great fun. The music and costuming alone were worth the price of admission and I laughed lots. Nicole Kidman was fantastic and the star crossed lovers were charming. As an added bonus we got to see the formation of punk!

Perhaps the film's greatest achievement-and this praise goes squarely to Mitchell-is that it conjures up such an indomitable spirit of joy and revolution that it makes you forget all that's conventional about it.

A big, boisterous jumble of mixed metaphors and dizzy positivity.

Fairly wonderful when it's a sci-fi teen love story, which it mostly is, but cringe-inducing when it's a punk rock musical, which it occasionally seems to want to be.

Punk in this film is not angry so much as revolutionary, fueled by ideas and optimism. That may seem like an alien idea today, but Mitchell's makes it seem right on time.

If you love "Hedwig" - or "Rocky Horror" for that matter - it's worth streaming when it hits Netflix.

There's no simple way to categorize this maniacal misfit love story, which, like the counter-culture icons it champions, is exactly what makes it so endearing.

"Parties" isn't complete, but that's the way Mitchell wants it, going loose and free with this valentine to punk music and the mysteries of the universe.

When it works, it works. And even when it doesn't, it's just endearing enough to earn a bit of forgiveness for its flaws.

If the message gets a little mixed up in all the delight, it's all part of the party.