Rough Night
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: June 16, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
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11
Mixed:
26
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
IndieWireJude DryJun 14, 2017
We’ve yet to see if Kate McKinnon can lead a movie, but she sure as hell can steal one. She did it in “Ghostbusters,” and she did it again in Rough Night, which is surprisingly funny despite a wild premise riddled with potential pitfalls. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJun 16, 2017
There’s enough variety here that everyone’s funny bone should be tickled from time-to-time. Read full review
75
The PlaylistKimber MyersJun 14, 2017
Mixing equal parts of “The Hangover,” “Very Bad Things,” and “Bridesmaids,” Rough Night is a comedy cocktail that goes down easy. It adheres a bit too closely to the recipe established by its predecessors, but it works well enough to keep the audience laughing. Read full review
70
VoxGenevieve KoskiJun 15, 2017
Rough Night floats on the strength of its performances and its anything-for-a-laugh sensibility. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoJun 14, 2017
Rough Night is a seriously funny movie led by some seriously funny ladies, but even more impressive is a mainstream comedy that relies not on cheap shocks like many who have come before. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanJun 14, 2017
Rough Night, a bachelorette-party-from-hell thriller comedy that’s got some push and some laughs, despite its essentially formulaic nature, is a perfect example of why Hollywood needs (many) more women filmmakers. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeJun 15, 2017
To compare Rough Night to another relatively recent female-led comedy, the film incorporates its violence with less tonal whiplash than in the 2013 Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy comedy "The Heat," not only because of the tone set by the hard-R dialogue, but also because the dead body jokes are more "Weekend At Bernie’s" than anything. Read full review
65
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJun 14, 2017
A sloppy, untossed salad of a comedy, Rough Night survives on funny bits and a game cast. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Johanna SchnellerJun 15, 2017
Tropes are necessary for comedy. But tropes alone aren’t funny. What’s funny is a singular point of view that rises up to show us what’s absurd about our embedded expectations. Until more movies starring women are allowed to be truly audacious, we’re in for a lot of rough nights at the cinema. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesKatie WalshJun 15, 2017
The film starts off a bit rocky, as the story elements are established, but gets better and funnier as it builds, leaning into the craziness as the dominoes fall into place. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJun 15, 2017
Rough Night is good one minute, weak or stilted or wince-y the next, though even with seriously uneven pacing and inventiveness it's a somewhat better low comedy than "Snatched" or "Bad Moms," or (here's where I part company with the world) the "Hangover" pictures. Yes, even the first one. Read full review
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