Film Review – Life of the Party

“Life of the Party” marks the third collaboration between star Melissa McCarthy and director Ben Falcone (her real-life husband). Their first two endeavors, 2014’s “Tammy” and 2016’s “The Boss,” didn’t go well, suggesting that whatever domestic chemistry McCarthy and Falcone share at home isn’t going to translate on the big screen easily. Despite dwindling box office returns, the duo is back with “Life of the Party,” which once again tasks Falcone with giving McCarthy an open field for her natural comedic chaos, this time funneling the monkey business into a collegiate setting, giving the star her own Midwestern take on the “Back to School” formula. Falcone keeps things in focus and McCarthy flops around, and while the picture is an improvement, it’s still not a refined farce that delivers the best of what McCarthy’s got. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com