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‘House Party’ Review: Comedy Reboot Offers Mostly Mediocrity With One Flash of Brilliance
12.01.2023 - 19:17 / thewrap.com
the LeBron James. The guy who coincidentally produced this movie, and who all the characters say is the greatest human being who lived.Typical “House Party”–type antics ensue, as Kevin and Damon struggle to keep their eccentric DJ, Vic (DC Young Fly), off the sauce long enough to do a proper set while they find romance with their respective potential love interests.
The difference is that this particular house party is, once again, at LeBron James’ house, and that means they have to keep the place neat and tidy, or at least only lightly broken, so he never has to find out about it. And since Damon finds LeBron’s contact list, he’s also able to invite huge celebrities, like Kid Cudi (playing himself), to hobnob and to bring their own distinct brands of assistance and/or trouble.As comedy premises go, holding a secret party at a famous person’s house is a pretty good one, and when “House Party” focuses on the hijinks, it comes closest to meriting attendance.
A late-in-the-game plot point that requires Kevin, Damon and Kid Cudi to leave the party and go on a side quest is, briefly yet blissfully, a hilarious bit of filmmaking. These ten minutes of pure absurdist inspiration are by far the best part of the film, and a hint that first-time feature filmmaker Calmatic, an award-winning music video and commercial director, is perhaps the real deal.But 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.
A frustratingly large number of the gags in this film fail to land, even with a thud. They just float away, free of substance and devoid of impact.
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What if it was about throwing a party in LeBron’s house? And it just went from there, this idea of what would it take to make you feel like you needed to do that? And what would it take to pull this off? Anybody who’s ever thrown a house party, the main thing is like trying not to either get caught by your parents or destroy this house or some sort of outside presence trying to stop you, whether it’s the police or not. It was just about raising the stakes of like throwing it in someone’s house. And then we just thought was funny.”Of course, throwing a house party can be difficult and the road to “House Party’s” eventual release proved fraught.
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