Film Review – 1 Night in San Diego

Writer/director Penelope Lawson is looking to play into modern comedy trends with “1 Night in San Diego.” She’s made a raunchy comedy that tries to be loose and funny with bawdy characters, sending them on an overnight run of mischief around the titular city. The playfulness of the feature is available in the early going, where Lawson has her freshest ideas and the cast gets used to the tone of the effort. “1 Night in San Diego” doesn’t sustain such energy, but it makes a positive impression overall, offering lively performances from leads Jenna Ushkowitz and Laura Ashley Samuels, and Lawson keeps the weirdness reasonably amusing, offering another night-on-the-town take on comedic chaos that scores just a bit more than it misses. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com