Night School is one of those comedies where everything appears to be in the right place. Hart and Haddish are simply too similar — too loud, brash, and high-energy – to play off of each other as well as one would hope. The anal-retentive, loserish school principal Stewart (Taran Killam), whom Teddy mocked back in their high school years, hence making them enemies for life, should be the perfect match for Hart. While the humour in Night School gets a resounding C+ for its intermittent greatness, the film’s emotional core and the story line is actually well written — for a dumb comedy, at least. While Night School passes the grade — and it’s nice to see Haddish doing her thing, with a stylish wardrobe to boot — the film’s undeveloped potential is not the greatest use of its top talent.

Source: National Post September 27, 2018 18:14 UTC