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By Nathan Osborne (34) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 17 May 2018

More fun than funny, Life of the Party may be one of the weaker comedies to come from Melissa McCarthy in a leading role, but it's entertaining,…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Alternate Ending (372) on 16 May 2018

A film that's hard to hate, and equally hard to love...McCarthy is charming, and the film quite refuses to challenge her…

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By Carl Kozlowski (99) for Pasadena Weekly (143) on 16 May 2018

Party ultimately fails because of the fact that no rational human being would act like any of the characters in the film…

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By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 16 May 2018

It often feels like you are watching take 10 or 20 of a bit that lost all comic potential back at take 1 or 2…

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By Mae Abdulbaki (411) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 15 May 2018

Life of the Party is enjoyable if you're willing to look past some of the issues that stem from its need to be a happy, overly simplified comedy…

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By James Croot (201) for Stuff.co.nz (387) on 15 May 2018

Bringing her now well-worn gauche, middle-aged, cat sweater-wearing character shtick to the sorority comedy genre doesn't exactly yield the…

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By Rick Kisonak (485) for Seven Days (657) on 15 May 2018

Watching a gifted performer run out of gas creatively is never pleasant, but rarely does it make you feel like needles are being jammed into…

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By Jeremy Jahns (155) for JeremyJahns.com (155) on 14 May 2018

There's no real friction - there's nothing for Melissa McCarthy's character to overcome…

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By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 13 May 2018

Perhaps Life of the Party shouldn't work but, overall, it does thanks to McCarthy's superb comic instincts, a mainly decent script and a strong…

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By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 13 May 2018

When you have to look to the supporting cast for all the best laughs, it probably means that something has gone horribly wrong with the movie…

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By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Saporta Report (Atlanta) (228) on 13 May 2018

Life of the Party isn't a slog, but given how talented McCarthy is, it's a waste of time…

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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 13 May 2018

The pat drama and the mild conflicts of Life of the Party leave McCarthy with little chance to shine, despite her near-constant presence onscreen…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for Tolucan Times (639) on 12 May 2018

Truly awful…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for New England Movies Weekly (716) on 12 May 2018

an uneven mess, but for a Melissa McCarthy vehicle it's a vast improvement over most of her previous movies…

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By Christopher Orr (399) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 12 May 2018

While McCarthy does what she can with the material provided her, it’s not nearly enough to save the movie…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 11 May 2018

McCarthy falls into the same trap she did in Tammy and The Boss, the two other movies she wrote with her husband/director Ben Falcone…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 11 May 2018

Floundering, forgettable, cliche-riddled mom-com. Melissa McCarthy's brassy, bawdiness needs a more experienced director, like Paul Feig…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Crooked Marquee (120) on 10 May 2018

A nice, homey story that mostly avoids contrived conflict and lets the characters act in surprising (but believable…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 10 May 2018

Life of the Party avoids some easy girl-versus-girl conflict, and Maya Rudolph as Deanna's adult best friend Christine is the BFF we all need…

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By Oliver Jones (215) for New York Observer (1,400) on 10 May 2018

Falcone and McCarthy seem so concerned with delivering on their audience's pratfall assumptions that they never allow McCarthy to expand her…

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