the progression from raunchy, raucous laughs into dramatic conflict and then out the other side into the uplifting empowerment of sisterhood and self-worth isn't entirely seamless, but there's too much dizzy pleasure here to get hung up on the flaws
the movie really belongs to the comedically gifted Haddish ("Keanu"), in yet another potential breakout performance that ought to supercharge her career
but the jokes that are there are shocking and hysterical, and unlike some similar comedies about grownup friends, the four core characters are actually likeable. Thanks to the quartet's breezy, believable chemistry
