I wanted to like ROUGH NIGHT more than I actually liked ROUGH NIGHT. I thought I’d laugh more. I did laugh some. And no matter what, I love Kate McKinnon. But the momentum never builds. The time between laughs is spent watching the characters do too much not funny stuff.
The audience applauded at the end, so that’s something. But some of them belly laughed when the characters used profanity. Not profanity as part of a joke. Just, “she said ‘fuck,’ that’s hilarious!” [Belly laugh] I’m not quite that easy.
I’ll give this one a worth-it-for-the-AC, but I expected more from such a talented cast. And I’m just gonna say it. I liked BAYWATCH more.
