Rough Night

Scarlett Johansson Director: Lucia Aniello Lucia Aniello

Overview

Ten years after graduating from college, five gal pals reunite for a wild bachelorette party in Miami to celebrate one of their own (Scarlett Johansson) getting hitched. However, their friendships are tested when they must cover up the fact that their festivities accidentally caused the death of a male stripper. Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer, and Zoë Kravitz co-star in this black comedy from director Lucia Aniello. ~ Jack Rodgers

Product Details

Release Date:	09/05/2017
UPC:	0043396495753
Original Release:	2017
Rating:	R
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	ABC
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound]
Time:	1:41:00
Sales rank:	42,857

Special Features

[cc]; Rougher Morning Edition Exclusives; Gag Reel; Deleted Scenes; Naughty Neighbor Diaries; Improv-O-Rama; Scandalous Sing-Along; Killer Cast Featurette; The Dynamic Duo: Lucia and Paul

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Scarlett Johansson	Jess
Kate McKinnon	Pippa
Jillian Bell	Alice
Ilana Glazer	Frankie
Zoe Kravitz	Blair
Paul Downs	Peter
Ty Burrell	Pietro
Demi Moore	Lea
Dean Winters	Detective Frazier
Enrique Murciano	Detective Ruiz
Ryan Cooper	Jay
Colton Haynes	Real Scotty
Patrick Carlyle	Patrick
Eric André	Jake
Bo Burnham	Tobey
Hasan Minhaj	Joe
Karan Soni	Raviv
Laura Grey	Lisa
Mark Tallman	Malcolm
Grant Monohon	Dreadlock Guy
Yoni Lotan	Miami Man
Caldwell Tidicue	DJ (Club Liv)
Daniel Raymont	Sommelier
Carlos Ibarra	Delivery Guy
Madison Arnold	Morty
Gina Cottone	Betty
Dorothi Fox	Female Clerk
Matty Blake	State Trooper Gary
Peter Grosz	Cliff
Devin Ratray	Bud
Peter Francis James	Jack Eason
Ron Stroman	Taxi Driver
Matthew Evans	Field Reporter
Miriam Tolan	Maureen
Brian Stack	Bob
Daniel Lee	College Guy
Jaboukie Young-White	Borat
Keaton Patti	Ping Pong Guy

Technical Credits

Lucia Aniello

Paul Downs

Lucia Aniello	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Craig Alpert	Editor
Dave Becky	Producer
Rori Bergman	Casting
Julie A. Bloom	Asst. Director
Paul Downs	Screenwriter
Paul W. Downs	Producer
Ryan Heck	Art Director
Matthew Hirsch	Executive Producer
Leah Katznelson	Costumes/Costume Designer
Steve Kirschoff	Special Effects Supervisor
Dominic Lewis	Score Composer
David Manpearl	Co-producer
Jeanne McCarthy	Casting
Sanja Milic	Makeup
Victor Perez	Animator
Sean Porter	Cinematographer
Tanisha Scott	Choreography
Bob Shaw	Production Designer
Alex Sullivan	Sound Mixer
Matt Tolmach	Producer
Ben Waisbren	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

Lucia Aniello, a frequent writer and director for the Comedy Central show Broad City, brings her experience at both of those creative duties to the big screen with the hard-R-rated comedy Rough Night. The movie's script, co-written by Aniello and Paul W. Downs, delivers a much needed female perspective on the typical raunchy comedy -- which, in this case, feels like a group marriage between Bridesmaids, The Hangover, and Weekend at Bernie's. The acting department of Rough Night isn't rough at all. The refreshingly eclectic cast portray a group of college friends who are planning to relive their hard-partying days at the bachelorette weekend of their pal Jess, a campaigning politician played by Scarlett Johansson with a Hillary Clinton look. This free-for-all in Miami also includes Jess' intense bestie, grade-school teacher Alice (Jillian Bell); the seemingly successful Blair (Zoë Kravitz), who's secretly separated from her husband and stuck in a child-custody battle; financially frustrated activist Frankie (Ilana Glazer); and Jess' bizarre and outrageous post-college pal, the Australian-accented Pippa (Kate McKinnon), who keeps poking holes in the bond between the other ladies. These fun-deprived friends decide to enjoy everything from airport alcohol to spontaneous coke snorting during their girls' getaway -- which eventually leads to their accidental murder of a male stripper at a glass-walled home they're renting by the beach. How will they hide this dead dude from their noisy and sexually curious middle-aged neighbors (Demi Moore and Ty Burrell)? After all, they'll face some life-ruining and career-ending consequences if they just get arrested -- and none of them are built for prison life if they end up convicted. This comedy begins to rev up its engines once the ladies make matters worse by trying to hide their fatal mistake, and there's also a hilarious subplot about Jess' husband-to-be Peter (Downs) involving adult diapers, Red Bull, and his fears that Jess is getting cold feet. Sure, the characters make many decisions we would never make (like the aforementioned adult diapers), and the movie doesn't avoid the usual clichés of Hollywood comedies: slow-motion shots of people with a false sense of confidence, aggressive rap songs juxtaposing the actions of nonaggressive characters, Three Stooges-style slapstick. All in all, Rough Night might not have the iconic moments or quotable lines of Bridesmaids, The Hangover, or Weekend at Bernie's, but its characters are still relatable and hilarious to watch. And as Cyndi Lauper once sang, "Girls just wanna have fun" -- it's nice to see a movie acknowledge that, rather than always letting the guys do the crazy partying.

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