Life of the Party's good-natured humor and abundance of onscreen talent aren't enough to make up for jumbled direction and a script that misses far more often than it hits.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Ben Falcone -
Producer -
Ben Falcone , Melissa McCarthy -
Screenwriter -
Ben Falcone , Melissa McCarthy -
Distributor -
Warner Bros. Pictures -
Production Co -
Warner Bros. , On the Day -
Rating -
PG-13 (Partying|Drug Content|Sexual Material) -
Genre -
Comedy -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
May 11, 2018, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jun 18, 2018 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$52.8M -
Runtime -
1h 45m