The plot may sound familiar: old college roommates reunite for one friend's bachelorette party, but the evening doesn't quite go as planned. If this reminds the audience of a film they've seen before, then have no fear -- Kate McKinnon is built into Rough Night to save it from box office blunder. Also, Scarlett Johansson is easy on the eyes.
But that's about all where Rough Night succeeded. The movie is a comedy, but it's not quite comedy and not quite silly. We don't quite care about the characters, but we don't not care about them either. It's not totally predictable, but not totally unpredictable.
No doubt, the writers missed an opportunity with Rough Night. A man is killed, with lots of blood, in a rented house, covered in white, made of glass, by likable people who can't afford to explain the situation. This could easily have been "100 ways to hide the bloody mess of a good looking man while maintaining your innocence".
Instead, we get "how to dispose of a body with friends". It just doesn't have the same ring to it.
