The comedy consistently works, with McCarthy showing off her versatility as a performer.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 21, 2021

While Life of the Party isn't, you know, what you would call "funny," for the most part it really means well.

| Jul 16, 2021

Nothing new or outstanding in Life of the Party, apart from how tame and unfunny it was. I wish I hadn't bothered.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 31, 2021

This is certainly a frivolous little picture.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 7, 2020

Endearing and sweet mother/daughter story in time for Mother's Day where they can each rely on and learn from each other as they work their way through starting college and dealing with divorce.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 4, 2020

There are enough laugh-out-loud moments to make "Life of the Party" a fun date night; just don't be surprised if your relationship lasts much longer than your memories of the film.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 29, 2020

Gillian Jacobs and her aggressively stilted delivery deserve so much better.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 24, 2020

The modern academic landscape of safe spaces and microaggression measurement might have given the old premise a good jolt, but Falcone and McCarthy take the easier route of throwing her character into the epic partying of the Greek system.

| Mar 16, 2020

At its core, this hysterically sweet film has a big, loving, kind heart.

| Jan 13, 2020

This is a movie you just sit and watch and enjoy. It's not even one you need to see in the theaters, you can wait and it'll still be enjoyable when it's in constant rotation on TNT or FX every weekend.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 10, 2020

Life of the Party comes with a good concept, but a weak script and cheap gags drag it down. Might have been better after a few more drafts.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Oct 29, 2019

McCarthy's third creative collaboration with her husband, director Ben Falcone, is funnier and fresher than their previous work together (Tammy, The Boss) thanks to its supporting cast and surprising depth.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 19, 2019

Hate to be the party pooper, but this one fell flat.

| Aug 8, 2019

Much of Life of the Party is trite, derivative and/or simply stupid. Yet it's nice to see McCarthy and Falcone giving this that old college try -- and almost pulling it off with honors.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 18, 2019

Structurally and dramatically the film is like its protagonist - it does not hold up well under scrutiny but gets by on its own, loopy inoffensiveness.

| May 21, 2019

Life of the Party might have a few laughs here and there but it is ultimately quite boring and has very little to offer the comedy genre.

| Original Score: 4/10 | May 15, 2019

There are at least two moments funny enough to bring down the house, and despite Life of the Party's flaws, I appreciated the attempt by McCarthy and husband Falcone to create a college movie that plays nice for a change.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Apr 16, 2019

This must be what it's like to watch movies in hell.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 20, 2019

I laughed enough to enjoy myself and the supporting cast is strong .

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 26, 2019

[McCarthy's] mishaps and triumphs are breezy enough; yet, for the most part, the laughs don't come.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 15, 2019