Rough Night is a great deal funnier than the majority of studio comedies released in the past year (admittedly the bar is low), but it feels hampered by its canvas
in a sea of shockingly bad big budget comedies and a criminal lack of female-driven anything, "Rough Night" easily surpasses the rest - with a healthy sprinkle of sex positivity making it thoroughly au currant
all the talented women here are stuck playing types rather than characters, in a strained frolic in which both the verbal humor and the physical gags too often fall flat
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