Compared to the actual product, Rough Night's theatrical trailer was superbly crafted and contained every single amusing part of the movie that is sloppily written and directed without much understanding of comic timing. Even the good jokes fall flat when the director does not seem to have a good grip how to land them.
Girls' attempts to deal with the body quickly get the feeling of an over-extended SNL sketch but it's still a staggeringly bad decision to undercut that by frequently visiting Paul W. Downs' mind-numbingly boring road trip elsewhere. Towards the end the story becomes increasingly joyless, shovels in a terrible crime subplot and then forces out one of the most fake happy endings in recent memory (and my memory is good).
Kate McKinnon is the only one who has some idea how to liven up the dull undertakings, and Jillian Bell certainly is right when she quips that she might be too much.
Girls' attempts to deal with the body quickly get the feeling of an over-extended SNL sketch but it's still a staggeringly bad decision to undercut that by frequently visiting Paul W. Downs' mind-numbingly boring road trip elsewhere. Towards the end the story becomes increasingly joyless, shovels in a terrible crime subplot and then forces out one of the most fake happy endings in recent memory (and my memory is good).
Kate McKinnon is the only one who has some idea how to liven up the dull undertakings, and Jillian Bell certainly is right when she quips that she might be too much.