Life of the Party (2018) (original) (raw)
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, who's not entirely sold on the idea. Plunging headlong into the campus experience, the increasingly outspoken Deanna -- now Dee Rock -- embraces freedom, fun, and frat boys on her own terms, finding her true self in a senior year no one ever expected.
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, who's not entirely sold on the idea. Plunging headlong into the campus experience, the increasingly outspoken Deanna -- now Dee Rock -- embraces freedom, fun, and frat boys on her own terms, finding her true self in a senior year no one ever expected. (less)
Director: Ben Falcone
Writers: Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Gillian Jacobs, Maya Rudolph, Julie Bowen, Matt Walsh, Molly Gordon
Producer: Melissa McCarthy
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Review by Brian Orndorf, May 10, 2018
5 / 10
�Life of the Party� marks the third collaboration between star Melissa McCarthy and director Ben Falcone (her real-life husband). Their first two endeavors, 2014�s �Tammy� and 2016�s �The Boss,� didn�t go well, suggesting that whatever domestic chemistry McCarthy and Falcone share at home isn�t going to translate on the big screen easily. Despite dwindling box office returns, the duo is back with �Life of the Party,� which once again tasks Falcone with giving McCarthy an open field for her natural comedic chaos, this time funneling the monkey business into a collegiate setting, giving the star ...read more...
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