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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denerstein Unleashed (254) on 10 May 2018

Life of the Party suggests that the filmmakers might do well to return to comedy school for a refresher in how to avoid the kind of formula…

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By Jude Dry (205) for indieWire (3,631) on 10 May 2018

Life of the Party is proof that even the funniest actors need good material, which makes it all the more disappointing that McCarthy wrote…

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By Neil Pond (477) for Parade Magazine (247) on 10 May 2018

This feel-good, back-to-school comedy won't get many extra credits, but it shows just how dependably, reliably funny Melissa McCarthy continues…

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By Justine Smith (13) for National Post (1,405) on 10 May 2018

It aims for the middle and hits it, which should not be an achievement, but in the dire landscape of middling studio comedies, it unquestionably…

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By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 10 May 2018

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…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 10 May 2018

This is not only the least funny movie in which McCarthy has appeared but the tamest and most toothless…

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By Stephen Silver (684) for Splice Today (140) on 10 May 2018

Wildly disjointed, with a plot and tone that are all over the map and character motivations that don't make a lick of sense…

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By Bindu Rai (7) for Gulf News (UAE) (167) on 10 May 2018

Yet, despite its predictable narration at every turn, the film serves up some genuine laugh out loud moments with McCarthy at its helm…

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By Drew Dietsch (12) for FANDOM (6) on 10 May 2018

Life of the Party' is obviously trying to do nothing more than make its intended audience feel good, but that comes at the cost of any genuine…

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By Sandie Angulo Chen (751) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 10 May 2018

Talented cast can't save rowdy comedy; lots of drinking…

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By Rain Jokinen (125) for MullingMovies.com (31) on 10 May 2018

I'm sure Melissa McCarthy loves her husband Ben Falcone very much, but the bottom line is she has to stop making movies with him…

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By Matt Zoller Seitz (637) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 10 May 2018

So preoccupied with giving its star's wish fulfillment fantasies that it forgets to make sure all the other major characters seem like characters,…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 10 May 2018

Has some sweet moments before it devolves into a series of increasingly unfunny set pieces in its last act...McCarthy, who modeled the character…

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By Elinor Jones (30) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 10 May 2018

Life of the Party is terribly named, because jerks like me are gonna make incorrect assumptions about what the movie's deal is, but we shouldn't,…

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By Jonathan W. Hickman (551) for Daily Film Fix (355) on 10 May 2018

What a wasted opportunity for director Falcone, whose film fails to give the talented women in the cast something real to comedically attack…

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By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for ABC Tucson (117) on 10 May 2018

School's in session and McCarthy is teaching a comedic master class…

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By Christian Toto (897) for HollywoodInToto.com (350) on 10 May 2018

Needs Rodney. Or Kinison. Or a sense of purpose beyond squandering Melissa McCarthy's talent (again)…

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By Robert Horton (590) for HeraldNet (Everett, WA) (288) on 10 May 2018

Everybody is pretty much in this for the fun. Even the two sorority mean girls eventually come around…

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By Julian Roman (454) for MovieWeb (460) on 10 May 2018

Life of the Party is a good respite from the superheroes dominating the box office. Melissa McCarthy is a brilliant comedienne in her wheelhouse…

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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 10 May 2018

It's plenty nice, but comedy needs some teeth. And the only teeth Life of the Party has are in its over-excited smile…

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