1st Rewatch....From the "Been There Done That" school of filmmaking comes this formulaic road trip comedy that attempts originality by making the protagonists female. Four black BFF's who named themselves "the Flosse Posse" back in the day reunite after a couple of decades to attend the Essence Festival in New Orleans. Ryan (Regina Hall) is now an Oprah-type media mogul; Sasha (Queen Latifah) is a gossip blogger; Dina (Tiffany Haddish) is an unemployed party girl. and Lisa (Jada Pinkett Smith) is a divorced single mom who has centered her entire life around her kids. This big budget comedy offers nothing we haven't seen before. Hall and the Queen manage to maintain their dignity, but Haddish's Dina is one of the most annoying movie characters I've seen in the last decade or so and Pinkett Smith is just miscast. Of course, all the male characters are properly objectified or complete morons, but it doesn't help disguise what a tedious movie this is.
Last edited by Gideon58; 05-21-24 at 11:14 PM.