Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
Five best friends from college reunite 10 years later for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Their hard partying takes a hilariously dark turn when they accidentally kill a male stripper. Amidst the craziness of trying to cover it up, they're ultimately brought closer together when it matters most.
Rough Night is a broadly formulaic dark comedy that leans heavily on Weekend at Bernie's-style misadventure without adding much freshness. The premise of friends accidentally killing a stripper and scrambling to cover it up is a well-worn comedic setup, executed competently but not memorably. The cast (Scarlett Johansson, Jillian Bell, Kate McKinnon, Zoë Kravitz, Ilana Glazer) brings genuine energy and some laughs, lifting the acting above the material, but the script lets them down with underdeveloped character arcs and uneven tonal shifts between raunchy comedy and sincerity. Cinematography is functional Miami-party-movie fare with no distinctive visual voice. Novelty is low — the gender-swapped hangover-style chaos comedy had already been done, and the film doesn't find a unique angle or voice to distinguish itself. The ending tries for emotional warmth but feels unearned given the thin character work throughout.