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  1. Life of the Party - Movie Review@coldsteem2736d

    Scrolling through my subscription channels last night, I came across Life of the Party which was just released May of 2018. I generally like Melissa McCarthy as a comedienne but didn't catch this film while it was in theaters. With no good television series to watch, my wife and I settled in for a mindless comedy.

    As Deanna (McCarthy) is preparing to send her daughter Maddie (Molly Gordon) off to college, her husband (Matt Walsh) drops a bomb on her. He wants a divorce. Deanna never finished her degree, dropping out of school when she became pregnant her senior year of college. In the midst of a mid-life crisis, Deanna decides to return to school (the same school Maddie is enrolled in) to finish her degree. The awkward, going to school with mom phase becomes warmth as Deanna endears herself to Maddie's friends and becomes a veritable socialite. This coming-of-age tale is a more a coming-of-middle-age tale with plenty of humor thrown in for good measure.

    Melissa McCarthy is an excellent, funny actress who can make me laugh just with her own funny laugh. She has great timing and sharp wit that fits well into this type of situational comedy. She wrote the screenplay for this film along with Director Ben Falcone, who makes a cameo as an Uber driver. This is the third time the pair of teamed up to create a comedy (Tammy and The Boss being their previous films). Life of the Party is mindless fun. A middle-aged woman returning to school and learning to adjusting to changing times while coming to terms with her own life changes provides great fodder for humor. While the film often relies on vulgar references, it is definitely funny. This wasn't written to be great cinema as much as serving as easy humor with little investment in the characters or story.

    I can't recall having watched a Melissa McCarthy film that didn't make me laugh. Some are definitely better than others. None are blockbusters. But she is a solid actress and comedienne. Matt Walsh is solid as her estranged husband. I can't recall a McCarthy film that Maya Rudolph hasn't been in. I guess when you have the comedic chemistry that McCarthy and Rudolph have, you may as well exploit it. Aside from a plethora of unknown actors and actresses, we are also treated to a cameo appearance by Christina Aguilera. For a comedy, this film had a solid cast. Nothing special. Just solid.

    Life of the Party somehow managed to navigate the MPAA to a PG-13 rating. There is plenty of vulgar humor, from talk about a woman's "va-google" to public sex. Absent nudity, it appears the adult themes and language were not enough to push this film into R territory for the MPAA. But there is plenty of adult thematic material that is not appropriate for younger viewers. Based on that, I would probably use the MPAA as a strong guideline with thirteen being my bottom end for recommendation for this film. Run time is one hour, 45 minutes.

    Life of the Party is mindless fun. It is not meant to be a deep, philosophical film. It is a situational comedy designed for mindless laughs. Those laughs are often vulgar and contrived. The plot is formulaic. It is a weak story with mediocre characters. But it is a complete story with a narrative arc and decent pacing. Most importantly, while predictable, the laugh lines often were not. I laughed quite a bit at the inane humor in this film. It was a silly story but funny. Mostly because the film was well executed in spite of its flaws. IMDb is harsh on this film with a current rating of 5.5. I think I would go a bit higher with a very mild recommendation. 6/10.

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  2. Life of the Party: Dumb and boring@gooddream2806d

    Don't get me wrong, i quite like Melissa McCarthy and i feel as though Spy is one of the best comedies of recent years. I just think the problem with her is that she needs to diversify her characters a bit. This movie was boring and well, pretty cringe at times.

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    The story is that Deana Miles (McCarthy) thinks her life is going well but then finds out that her husband wants a divorce and we soon find out that she never graduated college because she gave that all up in order to be a mom and wife. Basically she goes back to school just for different reasons than Rodney Dangerfield did and of course, she ends up being (as the name of the film would suggest) quite popular.

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    She draws plenty of ire from other, more beautiful young girls because this is necessary for progression of the very weak plot. She starts out being an embarrassment to her daughter and ends up being a hero and mentor to her daughter and also the other girls in her house.

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    The problem with this movie is that, save for a few moments here and there, it just isn't funny. I mean, seeing Melissa get made fun of by popular kids only to redeem herself later is a foregone conclusion isn't it? This is 2 films now that she is in where they simply stole the script from something that was successful 30 years ago and then swapped the male lead out with a woman and voila! make 30 million.

    I did not like this movie and skipped a lot of it. Plus there is something about Maya Rudolph (who is also in this) that i find disturbing. I like McCarthy and was delighted to hear that she is going to try her hand at some sort of serious dramatic acting next. Good! Let's give the comedy a rest before everyone gets sick of your shtick!

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  3. Ведь ты же гангстер, Мишка - "Жизнь подонков" Райана Прауза@drunksamurai2982d

    Фильмы студии — IFC Films - это как правило очень недорогие авторские хорроры, очень плотно занимающие нишу B-movie XXI века, и я стараюсь не пропускать их творений, так как при относительно небольших бюджетах студия делает ставку на изобретательность режиссеров и смелые жанровые эксперименты. "Жизнь подонков" (Lowlife) - дебют в полном метре молодого режиссера Райана Прауза, как раз из таких смельчаков, смешивающий в единое целое черную комедию и криминальную драму, не скрывая своих симпатий к "Криминальному чтиву" Тарантино или фильмам Роберта Родригеса.

    Жизнь подонков Источник: imdb.com

    Жаркая Южная Калифорния, в мексиканском районе Лос-Анджелеса ведет свои дела гангстер по кличке Мишка. Торгует девочками, органами, занимается рэкетом и владеет небольшой кафешкой. В делах ему помогает недалекий паренек - рестлер Эль Монстро, считающий себя прямым потомком мексиканского народного героя-лучадора, имеющий серьезные проблемы с контролем гнева, и страдающий приступами нарколепсии. Героинщица-жена Эль Монстро, которую Мишка купил у семейства алкоголиков вот-вот должна родить и молодой семье нужны деньги, только вот незадача - бухгалтер Мишки, друг которого только вышел из тюрьмы и является обладателем арийской татуировки во все лицо, пользуется доверчивостью босса и его обворовывает... а деньги то нужны!

    Жизнь подонков Источник: imdb.com

    Для дебюта "Жизнь подонков" более чем удалась и я не зря упомянул Тарантино и Родригеса. От первого Прауз взял манеру повествования - сюжет фильма подан в виде четырех новелл, события которых, естественно связаны, и обилие диалогов, предшествующих какой-нибудь лютой дичи. Иначе это не назовешь - кровищи в фильме очень много, равно как и мата. Как в рядах Российской армии, обитатели гетто матом не ругаются, а на нем разговаривают, так что смотреть фильм в официальном дубляже категорически не рекомендуется - уверен, что большинство шуток дубляж запросто убьет.

    Жизнь подонков Источник: imdb.com

    Вторым я обозначил Родригеса и Прауз, как именитый режиссер, не стесняется кровавых разборок, обращается к мексиканской культуре и классике b-movie, а история Эль Монстро во многом перекликается с черно-белыми мексиканскими фильмами о героях-лучадорах.

    Фильм неплохо прокатился по фестивалям, и заслужил пару премий, за "свежий взгляд" и "изобретательную режиссуру", но в нашем прокате, увы, не заявлен, но уже доступен виде цифрового релиза. Уверен, что если вам понравилась недавняя "Драка в блоке 99", то "Жизнь подонков" точно придется по вкусу.

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    Радикальное, местами очень смешное криминальное кино

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