Movie Matinee Madness - Life of the Party

SPOILER ALERT - this film does not suck, here is the trailer...



Unlike some of McCarthy's recent films, this actually is a feel good film, maybe not super funny, but you leave feeling warm and rather cheesy (there are a lot of cheese references in this film, trigger warning if you can't deal with diary like me).

With a truly all star cast McCarthy is joined by husband and writer of the film Ben Falcone who plays a lovely Uber driver in the film, and a string of male HBO comedy kings including JIAN YANG! Yes! Jimmy O. Yang joins the crew along with Mike from Veep, actually Matt Welsh. Now here is the real spoiler, Christina Aguilera actually appears in the film, yes X-Tina!

Maya Rudolph also joins the fun as McCarthy's best friend and the team of young girls (like in Blockers) showcase the power of women together as one.

Like I Feel Pretty this is a girl power film in the middle of the #MeToo movement. It's never been more important for strong female roles on the big screen. We already have a number on the small screen like Claire Danes leading Homeland, Priyanka Chopra leading the recently cancelled Quantico, Glenn Close (referenced in this very film) and Rose Byrne fronting the brilliant classic legal series Damages, the entire cast of Claws (returning next month), Cookie and Take Three girls in Empire and Star respectively and Viola Davis fronting the brilliant How to Get away with Murder.

Not including local Australian series showcasing brilliant women like the entire cast of Wentworth (returning next month, FINALLY), the cast of the slightly disappointing Picnic at Hanging Rock and all Australian commercial local dramas featuring Rebecca Gibney.

This film (as I wrote earlier) is not super funny, but a lot of fun, the appearance by Christina Aguilera and dance sequences/dress ups and can I just saw Jackie Weaver as McCarthy's mother, priceless!

I liked this, a lot, a lot more than I expected, 4 Stars, fun for all, important messages shared and positivity galore, YASS, Yass, YASS!!!