Sentences with phrase «comedy life of the party»

As in Tammy, yeah unto The Boss, and now to low - grade college comedy Life of the Party.

More than once in the safe Hollywood comedy Life of the Party, star Melissa McCarthy proclaims she is «down to clown.»

Melissa McCarthy goes back to school with heart and humor in the new comedy Life of the Party, in theaters this weekend.

Melissa McCarthy's comedy Life of the Party is very much a family affair.

Although Avengers: Infinity War is still going strong at the box office, you can also choose from the new thriller, Breaking In, starring Gabrielle Union, or the comedy Life of the Party with Melissa McCarthy.

She starred in the aforementioned Pacific Rim sequel, appears in the forthcoming comedy Life of the Party alongside Melissa McCarthy and landed a role in J.C. Chandor's Netflix drama Triple Frontier in which she will share the screen with Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Pedro Pascal, and Garrett Hedlund.

Her immense talent in these films makes it all the more puzzling that the three films she's co-written and produced, including the new comedy Life of the Party, are so scattershot.

The Warner Bros. comedy Life of the Party had a respectable landing, even if no piece of Mother's Day weekend counter-programming challenged the superheroes.

Notable openers this weekend include Melissa McCarthy comedy Life of the Party and Gabrielle Union thriller Breaking In.

Since Infinity War arrived, the major studios have released just two movies: Warner Bros.» Melissa McCarthy comedy Life of the Party, which made $ 18.5 million in its opening weekend, the lowest total for a McCarthy vehicle since she became a movie star; and the $ 16.5 million - earning Breaking In, a Gabrielle Union thriller from Universal and Will Packer Productions, the company that has delivered two textbook counterprograms, Girls Trip and the Ride Along films.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, actress Melissa McCarthy and her husband, director Ben Falcone, will be teaming up once again for New Line's upcoming comedy Life of the Party.

Not exact matches

In the case of Life of the Party, the sense of chivalry is shared between director Ben Falcone and his co-writing partner and wife, Melissa McCarthy, who clearly set out to create a raucous comedy that's also paradoxically the portrait of a kind gentlewoman.

At Decatur, to be «Life of the Party» (which is the instantly forgettable title of this almost equally unmemorable campus comedy) is to clear a pretty low bar.

Life of the Party sets up an intergenerational, interfamilial odd - couple buddy - comedy scenario that it never makes the most of.

Another comedy from McCarthy's writer - director husband Ben Falcone, Life of the Party gets nothing more than a satisfactory grade.

Fun in a completely predictable, by - the - numbers way, «Life of the Party» is the newest comedy from Melissa McCarthy and her husband / director / co-screenwriter Ben Falcone.

And while Melissa McCarthy certainly is the life of the party in everything she's ever done, the phrase conjures up the opening lines of Smokey Robinson's «Tracks of My Tears» — a melancholic melody to associate with your blockbuster comedy.

Low - brow, pretty standard plot line for a comedy: four buddies head to Vegas for a bachelor party and the time of their lives.

In this black comedy, five friends» lives spiral out of control when they try to cover up a prostitute's accidental death during a bachelor party.

«Life of the Party» is another classic case of a comedy that puts its best stuff in the promos, while the actual film provides very few funny or memorable scenes.

Life of the Party could really have used some of the broad and edgy humour of the latter performer's minor 1986 comedy classic Back to School.

In this Taiwanese black comedy, a dinner party among triad bosses brings together a rookie mob boss, his trophy wife, his archrival, a suicidal waitress and a delusional valet to make the decision of their lives.

A lightweight, disposable generational comedy that shamelessly borrows the premise Rodney Dangerfield's 1986 cult classic, Back to School, Life of the Party won't win any awards nor will it leave anything except a passing, pleasant...

Life of the Party (out May 10) is a comedy about a middle - aged mum (Melissa McCarthy) who heads back to college after a 20 + year absence to complete her degree.

Watching «Life of the Party» you may find yourself wishing for a spinoff comedy for McCarthy, Rudolph and Jacobs on their own, as renegade guidance counselors or something.

You could do worse — and possibly a whole lot better — than Melissa McCarthy's latest comedy, Life of the Party.

On The Official LCJ Report Card, «The Boss» gets a C. Even with two disappointing efforts in a row, McCarthy and Falcone have already signed - on for «Life of the Party», a college comedy that will begin shooting this summer.

Life of the Party (May 11): Melissa McCarthy stars in this comedy about an older woman who goes back to college, to her daughter's horror.

In the U.S., Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema are betting on reliable star McCarthy to launch their latest comedy «Life of the Party,» about a middle - age mom who returns to college after her husband dumps her.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS 0s & 1s (Unrated) Digital Age comedy about a yuppie (Morgan Krantz) who's so dependent on his computer that his life starts to come apart at the seams when he discovers after a night of partying that someone has stolen his laptop.

After collaborating on comedies like Tammy and The Boss (both starring McCarthy and directed by Falcone), the pair is at it again with Life of the Party, co-writing this story of a middle - aged mother who returns to college after her husband asks for a divorce.

Mean girls, cute boys and crazy parties might be considered stereotypical or overdone college - movie tropes, but Life of the Party pairs them with actual classrooms and libraries, making for a more realistic depiction of the college experience than most comedies.

It's nice to see McCarthy leading another comedy, but Life of the Party continues the trend that she's far better in ensemble pieces.

Maya Rudolph is set to play best friend to Melissa McCarthy's leading character in New Line's college comedy «Life of the Party».

And yet, watching her latest effort The Party — a tight, bitter, and very funny 71 - minute dark comedy about a group of old friends who come together for a dinner party and realize just how utterly screwed up their lives are — it's hard not to sense Potter's sensibility and presence througParty — a tight, bitter, and very funny 71 - minute dark comedy about a group of old friends who come together for a dinner party and realize just how utterly screwed up their lives are — it's hard not to sense Potter's sensibility and presence througparty and realize just how utterly screwed up their lives are — it's hard not to sense Potter's sensibility and presence throughout.

Melissa McCarthy gives college another shot in «Life of the Party,» a middling back - to - school comedy that's about as funny as enrolling in summer classes.

Running time: 129 minutes Studio: Fox Home Entertainment 3 - Disc DVD Extras: Widescreen theatrical feature film, unrated director's cut, Wolverine theatrical trailer, Valkyrie, S. Darko, The Wrestler, Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy, commentary by director George Tillman, Jr., screenwriters Reggie Rock Bythewood and Cheo Hodari Coker, and editor Dirk Westervelt, commentary by with Biggie's mom Voletta Wallace, and his manager Wayne Barrow, Behind the Scenes: The Making of Notorious, I Got a Story to Tell: The Lyrics of Biggie Smalls, Notorious Thugs: Casting the Film, Biggie Boot Camp, Anatomy of a B.I.G. Performance, Party & [Expletive](never before seen footage), The B.I.G. Three - Sixty, Directing the Last Moments, It Happened Right Here, The Petersen Exit, The Shooting, The Impala, The Unfortunate Violent Act, The Window, 9 Deleted Scenes, 4 extended / alternate concerts, trailers from: Secret Life of Bees, Gospel Hill and Slumdog Millionaire, digital copy.

Looking for a great comedy to kick off the summer... then check out «Life of the Party», which is so much more than the sum of its parts.

Funny woman Melissa McCarthy is starring in New Line Cinema's upcoming comedy directed by Ben Falcone, dubbed Life of the Party.

«Life of the Party» bypasses one possible source of comedy — Mom's relentless presence drives daughter crazy — by making Deanna a welcome addition, one instantly beloved of the daughter's sorority sisters, who not only think Deanna's great, but tell her.

Melissa McCarthy as Deanna in the New Line Cinema comedy «Life of the Party.»

«LIFE OF THE PARTY» is comedy about a recently divorced mother Deanna (Melissa McCarthy) who decides to go back to college to finish getting her degree after dropping out for motherhood in her junior year.

Life of the Party (PG - 13 for sexuality, partying and drug use) Midlife crisis comedy about a just - dumped housewife (Melissa McCarthy) who decides to go back to college to complete her degree at the same school as her mortified daughter (Molly Gordon).

But that is precisely the premise of Life of the Party, a midlife crisis comedy directed by Ben Falcone and co-written by Ben and his real - life wife, Melissa McCarLife of the Party, a midlife crisis comedy directed by Ben Falcone and co-written by Ben and his real - life wife, Melissa McCarlife wife, Melissa McCarthy.

McCarthy and Falcone stay firmly within their comfort zone on Life of the Party, but their take on the college comedy sub-genre is good natured fun.

At the same time, Life of the Party falls short of the satirical comedy heights scaled by The Boss and delivers more in the way of chuckle worthy beats than laugh out loud scenarios.

Melissa McCarthy doesn't earn much respect for Life of the Party, which is basically a gender - reversed, less funny rip - off of the 1980s Rodney Dangerfield comedy Back to School.

Life of the Party also has fun subverting the tropes of the male - driven college comedy, whether by giving Deanna a hunky younger love interest named Jack (Luke Benward) or switching up the genders typically associated with certain archetypes.

«Unlike previous comedies from McCarthy and Falcone, LIFE OF THE PARTY does contain enough jokes to get some kind of response from viewers.&raquOF THE PARTY does contain enough jokes to get some kind of response from viewers.&raquof response from viewers.»

Life of the Party is essentially a series of comedy skits based around a common theme (40 - something mom goes back to college) and strung together with enough plot to sustain a feature film.