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- 2023
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 40 m
- 2023
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 40 m
Summary Aspiring club promoters and best buds Damon (Tosin Cole) and Kevin (Jacob Latimore) are barely keeping things together. Out of money, down on their luck and about to lose the roofs over their heads—and freshly fired from their low-lift jobs as house cleaners—the pair needs a huge windfall to make their problems go away. In a ‘what the h...
Directed By: Calmatic
Written By: Jamal Olori, Stephen Glover
- 2023
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 40 m
- 2023
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 40 m
House Party
41
3.7
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Summary Aspiring club promoters and best buds Damon (Tosin Cole) and Kevin (Jacob Latimore) are barely keeping things together. Out of money, down on their luck and about to lose the roofs over their heads—and freshly fired from their low-lift jobs as house cleaners—the pair needs a huge windfall to make their problems go away. In a ‘what the h...
Directed By: Calmatic
Written By: Jamal Olori, Stephen Glover
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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13% Positive
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53% Mixed
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33% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
41
13% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
53% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
33% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
With House Party, Calmatic jumps from a prolific music video career to feature filmmaking with the same energy, leading to shorter-burst storytelling that values standout moments over longevity.
House Party is fun enough but feels like a missed opportunity.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 15 User Ratings
3.7
13% Positive
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33% Mixed
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53% Negative
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User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 15 User Ratings
3.7
13% Positive
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2 Ratings
33% Mixed
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53% Negative
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8 Ratings
Is it such a crime that I like a dumb, entertaining movie? Is it? Come on. It's fun, it's funny, it has fun and funny characters, just roll with it. LeBron NEEDS to fire Tommy Wiseau as his acting coach, though. More lifeless than a piece of wood. But Kid Cudi being a mentally deranged psycho was histerical.
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Most of this new House Party is relatively uninspired, a modest and mediocre comedy that relies more on its high-concept plot to capture the audience’s attention than on interesting characters or, you know, jokes.
One of the unique things about the original “House Party” from 1990 is while there was an abundance of energetic and exhilarating dancing, the party itself was almost secondary to all the action that took place OUTSIDE the party...Not so much with the massive, bloated, epic, over-the-top bash in the “House Party” reboot, which marks the second time LeBron James has put his enormous clout behind a new take on a beloved 1990s film (after the “Space Jam” reboot) — and the second time the results were underwhelming.
The film taps into the glitz ethos of the age of social-media envy without necessarily scrutinizing what it all means. Kid ‘n Play had put on a party to remember, but the new movie, much like Kevin and Damon themselves, just goes with the flow of the scam.
Lead actors Cole and Latimore are competent enough, but they don’t come close to approximating the original film’s stars’ charisma or likability, with the result that their characters’ ill-advised activities leave a sour taste. This is one party you can’t wait to be over.
It’s Kid Cudi who salvages the picture playing an even more deadpan version of himself. And he carries the second half of the story through a macabre twist that at least makes the 100-minute feature worth finishing.
It’s pretty good. Nothing crazy but I wasn’t bored during. Kinda wish some more crazy stuff happened but it was funny
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There are few things harder to sit through than a bad comedy, but I think I've found something a step below- a boring one. On paper, this actually isn't the WORST idea; the House Party movies got their fans and they're generally a good time, so a reboot isn't an awful idea. But in terms of execution, the result's just...Dull. The two leads, while not particularly likable, at least have a very natural kind of charisma. But unfortunately, the jokes themselves just don't hit. The comedy feels very limp- its awkwardly paced and more often than not seems confused about its tone. Add on that the plot (or what little of it) moves at a snail's pace and this movie quickly becomes a slog.
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Mostly throwaway humor and scripting. It seems to play it very safe. The illuminati sequence was one of the more terrible, silly and bizarre 10 minute sequences, it was completely out of place.
**** ok, his self affirming hologram was kinda funny.
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bad
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adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.
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Production Company
New Line Cinema,
SpringHill Entertainment,
Warner Bros.
Release Date Jan 13, 2023
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
Genres
