‘House Party’ Review: Calmatic’s Feature Film Debut Reboot Is Overshadowed By The Original
deadline.comWhy? Is a question that I ask myself when I watch reboots and remakes of older films. Whether I like them or not I always ask why.
Why was this rebooted? Why was it remade?And then I look for any details about the film that help it stand on its own. I found no answers to those questions while watching Calmatic’s House Party reboot.
As one of my favorite films growing up I think about the things that I really liked about the 1990 version of House Party is that not only was it a lot of fun but it was intelligent and had some subtle social commentary that is effective.
The 2023 version written by Jamal Olori and Stephen Glover is just a slapstick comedy, with boneheaded characters, and a narrative so incomprehensible I often forgot what I was watching.
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