Life of the Party opens as Deanna (Melissa McCarthy), dressed in a DIY sparkled “Proud Mom” sweatshirt, drops her daughter off at university. If the rest of the film was able to channel this rhythm, Life of the Party could have been a truly great film. Aside from a few early jabs at Deanna, Life of the Party is a gentle movie that refuses cruelty. Life of the Party has all the elements of a Sunday rainy-day movie. 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 does better than most.

Source: National Post May 11, 2018 15:32 UTC