25 Most Hotly Anticipated Movies Of Summer 2018 - Ranked

21. Life Of The Party

Life Of The Party Melissa McCarthy
Warner Bros.

Release Date: May 11

Billed As: The latest collaboration between Melissa McCarthy and her actor-filmmaker husband Ben Falcone sees McCarthy's newly-divorced single mother heading back to college, where she ends up in the same class as her daughter.

Hype: Granted, McCarthy's broad studio comedies can be incredibly hit-and-miss, but there's some definite potential in a female spin on the Old School formula, and with a supporting cast including Gillian Jacobs, Maya Rudolph, Jacki Weaver, Matt Walsh, Stephen Root and even Christina Aguilera, there's clearly a ton of awesome comic talent in the mix.

Considering that McCarthy's R-rated comedies are often overly crude and brash for their own sake, it's possible the PG-13 rating could rein her excesses in and deliver something far smarter and funnier.

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