Hart / Haddish Comedy gets an F for his effort – Rolling Stone

Only a fool would say that Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish are not hilarious. But only a fool would argue that their new comedy, Night school, It's not the worst kind of lazy, no laughing, a quibbler. What about stars who think that their responsibility to the public stops?

Director Malcolm D. Lee, who showed Haddish in all its sizzling glory The girls' trip, leave her in trouble with this softball PG-13 which is not as nasty as necessary. Nobody saw what these two comic tigers do on stage? It took six writers to come up with a plot and a dialogue that you knew that the two stars could improvise better on the spot. Wait, Hart himself is one of six writers … so we'd better get him back.

Hart plays Teddy Walker, a grilling salesman who keeps the secrets of his rich fiancée, Lisa (Megalyn Echikunwoke). He has just been fired and can not find work because – wait – he is a dropout. Walker might be able to land a place in finance with his best friend (Ben Schwartz), but for that he needs a GED and fast. So our man is secretly enrolled in a nightclub taught by Carrie Carter of Haddish. This woman does not care, even though she is a cat compared to Stuart (Taran Killam), the school principal that Teddy used to break the day they were classmates. The principal wants revenge. Plus, Stuart is a white guy who likes to talk in black, so you know he's going down.

There were hooks of deadwood on which to hang a plot. You just understood that Hart and Haddish will ignore the script and take control. No chance. After a promising start when Carrie calls Tiny Teddy a "leprechaun" and the two embark on a play of speech, the film begins to stack characters. The first night of class, Carrie calls the new classmates to introduce themselves: Mary Lynn Rajskub is the overworked mother who insists that her life is "blessed": Romany Malco as a kind of mystic; Rob Riggle as the ultimate dork; Al Madrigal as a Mexican immigrant who dreams of a career as a dental hygienist; and Fat Joe as a jailed prisoner who enters the classroom. And so on, as Hart and Haddish disappear – if they move away in the moonlight, it's hard to blame them. This leaves the support cast to a movie that is already groaning from its comic deadweight.

Hart catches some laughs when his character takes on a job called a Christian Chicken, and Haddish adds a touch of physical comedy when she beats Teddy during a workout. But almost nothing in this film makes sense. Night school reaches the level of desperation when Lee organizes a break-in stage so students can steal a mid-term exam … which would be useless since GED is the only test that matters. And just when you think that filmmakers could not lower themselves, they add positive messages about learning abilities and why we do not get along. No matter how much money this clunker earns, it 's a movie that should never have happened. Keep your pity for audiences who deserve better.