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Life of the Party

2018

Ben Falcone

Melissa McCarthy, Gillian Jacobs, Jacki Weaver, Molly Gordon ...

4.2

1,483

Comedy When her husband suddenly dumps her, longtime dedicated housewife Deanna turns regret into re-set by going back to college - landing in the same class and school as her daughter. Plunging headlong into the campus experience, the increasingly outspoken Deanna embraces freedom, fun, and frat boys on her own terms, finding her true self in a senior year no one ever expected.

	Author	Review
United States	Caryn James The Hollywood Reporter	"Bland and predictable (...) A lame script that gets sappy about the heroine’s second chances (...) [A] disappointing muddle of a film"	NEG
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"An aggressively unfunny shamble of cliches (...) There are no recognisable human characters, just thinly etched caricatures (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Stephen Whitty New York Daily News	"McCarthy co-wrote the film with her husband, Ben Falcone, who also directed, but the jokes don't connect. The scenes don't build. The couple needs some remedial classes in filmmaking, fast."	NEG
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"Can Melissa McCarthy make a good movie anymore? 'Life of the Party' argues no (…) Rating: ½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"Everyone’s acting in different keys, sometimes in different movies (...) You may find yourself wishing for a spinoff comedy for McCarthy, Rudolph and Jacobs (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"'Life of the Party' is a charming and generally painless way to spend two hours"	POS
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"[A] C-grade college comedy (...) [It] offers some sweet moments and a few enjoyably zany characters (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Rafer Guzmán Newsday	"Weak writing and halfhearted jokes run what could have been a hit for a talented star (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG

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