Directed by:
Malcolm D. LeeCinematography:
Greg GardinerComposer:
David NewmanCast:
Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Tiffany Haddish, Kate Walsh, Larenz Tate, Kofi Siriboe, Deborah Ayorinde, Juan Gaspard, Robert Miano (more)VOD (2)
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The film follows lifelong friends Lisa (Jada Pinkett Smith), Sasha (Queen Latifah), Ryan (Regina Hall) and Dina (Tiffany Haddish) as they travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival. Hoping to escape their troubles and rekindle their friendships, the group plan to party as hard as possible on their first trip together in five years. With reserved Lisa hoping to find a new man and Ryan trying to forget her troubled relationship, it's not long before things start to get out of hand as the girls relive the wild days of their youth. (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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I was expecting this to just be an awkward comedy, which it is, because the characters are whiny, which I absolutely hate, but eventually, you realize that the characters aren't that bad and that you care about some of their fates now and then. At least some of them, anyway. Some of the jokes are also definitely not bad and I laughed at them. However, it is unnecessarily long.
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This would-be comedy is dominated by disgust and shrillness. I'd be hard-pressed to find anything to praise here. I can't think of anything other than that the filmmakers wanted to take revenge on the dark-skinned ladies by making a film about them that is this mundane, which was not even saved by a glimmer of thought toward the end in a public speech by presenter Ryan Pierce, in which she openly admitted her disappointment in her marriage. (15%)
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