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A high school student decides to host a house party while his parents are away. A remake of the 1990 comedy, ' House Party'.
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| Paste MagazineMatt DonatoWith 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. |
| TheWrapWilliam BibbianiMost 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. |
| IndieWireJude DryThough Latimore and Cole have enough charisma to skate by, the movie lacks the originality and scrappiness of its inspiration. Trading on celebrity cameos and impressive set pieces, House Party feels like an uneven amalgam of so many studio comedies that came before it. |
| The A.V. ClubLuke Y. ThompsonTo its credit, and this isn’t damning with faint praise, the new House Party is frequently very funny. (The R-rated language and creative insults are a great asset, even if they might restrict the potential teen audience.) What it has in humor, though, it lacks in pace. |
| The Film StageJohn FinkHouse Party is fun enough but feels like a missed opportunity. |
| RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloWhile this remix of "House Party" may leave some nostalgic for the original, it smartly doesn't try to copy the first film. However, it does stay true to the first version's celebration of friendship. |
| The New York TimesBrandon YuLike any rager gone south, the buzz is fun early on, until it’s suddenly too much, the house is overrun, and the room starts spinning. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperOne 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. |
| Film ThreatRob RectorHouse Party puts out quite the spread and has put effort into its lights and music. But nothing that happens will give us any inspiration to accept an invite to future festivities. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchKatie WalshThe comedy waffles between nonsensically heightened and realistically grounded, often alternating between the two modes at random, never landing on a tone. |
