Dan (Walsh) and Deanna (McCarthy) have just dropped their teen daughter Maddie (Gordon) off at her dorm to start her first year of college. Not even having left the campus grounds Dan tells Deanna he wants a divorce so that he can be with a young, vibrant real estate agent named Marcie (Bowen). Depressed and in need of some direction for her life, Deanna decides to go back to college to gain the degree she let slip away earlier when she dropped out because she had become a housewife and a mother. At first her daughter was reluctant to the idea of her mother being around her and her teen peers. But soon Maddie and her gal pals embrace Deanna as one of their crew and help her to try to blend in despite her age. She even starts a school fling with a young handsome teen named Jack (Benward) who she will later find out is the son of her ex-husband's new soon to be wife Marcie.
Reel Talk:
You can just say this is another typical Melissa McCarthy film. You pretty much know what to expect and that is that she will go to any extent for a laugh. While this movie is kind of a knock off of some previous old person goes back to college films, it does have its share of laughs. It is not a continuous barrage of laughter, but rather they come in spurts. Because of that at some point you will then realize that the film is a little longer than needs be. Still a decent, funny movie that if you like Melissa McCarthy you will enjoy this film.
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Julie Bowen, Matt Walsh, Stephen Root, Luke Benward, Maya Rudolph, Christina Aguilera and Molly Gordon
Directed by: Ben Falcone
Rated: PG-13
I give it 2 and a half corn dogs.
By: THE REEL HUSTLER
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