Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Review: Life Of The Party





Life Of The Party
Cert: 12A / 105 mins / Dir. Ben Falcone / Trailer



Without a strong cast to share the comedic spotlight, or a 15 certificate to gamely soak up her trademark punctuative profanity masquerading as witty improvisation, all that's left in Life Of The Party is for Melissa McCarthy to repeat any scene's 'keyword' four times or do the 'fat person falls over' schtick. Four times.

Less enjoyable than I Feel Pretty, even though that film has far more pressing problems.

The worst part is the feeling that schedulers and distributors assume that if you're not into superhero movies, this is what you'll want instead.

We get the studio-comedy we deserve.



So, what sort of thing is it similar to?
This is like some horrible hybrid of The Internship, Bad Neighbours and Paul Blart.


Is it worth paying cinema-prices to see?
No.


Is it worth hunting out on DVD, Blu-ray or streaming, though?
No.


Is this the best work of the cast or director?
No.


Will we disagree about this film in a pub?
If pushed.


Is there a Wilhelm Scream in it?
No.


Yeah but what's the Star Wars connection?
Level 2: Gillian Jacobs is in this, and she was in that Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World with Keira 'Sabé' Knightley.


And if I HAD to put a number on it…




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