Where to watch
Each link opens a search on that service. Checked 13 October 2026.
Streaming data from JustWatch
Life of the Party
MEANRANK
53/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4979
- IMDb #5180
- Google retired #3012
- Rotten Tomatoes #4352
- Metacritic #4390
- Letterboxd #5071
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4375
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4596
- Metacritic Critics #3777
- Metacritic Audience #4740
- Kinopoisk #5124
- AlloCiné #5083
- Trakt #3512
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 38, highest is Google on 76. Critics average 42, everyone else 55.
See the most agreed on films →A woman is devastated when her husband abruptly asks for a divorce. Deciding to reclaim her life, she enrolls back at the college where her daughter is about to begin her senior year. She embraces college life with gusto, joining her daughter's sorority and attending parties, determined to complete her degree and rediscover herself as an individual.
Details
- Director
- Ben Falcone
- Writers
- Ben Falcone, Melissa McCarthy
- Studio
- On the Day, New Line Cinema
- Released
- 10 May 2018
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $61.7M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 4 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (44) →
Awards & nominations
See all 6 →2 wins from 6 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2018 | Actress Most in Need of a New Agent | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Awards 2018 | Worst Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Winner |
| People's Choice Awards 2018 | The Comedy Movie Star of 2018 | Melissa McCarthy | Winner |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association 2018 | Worst Film of the Year | Nominee | |
| Teen Choice Awards 2018 | Choice Summer Movie | Nominee | |
| Teen Choice Awards 2018 | Choice Summer Movie Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
More like this
Beyond the numbers
All lists →
30 October 2026
Why Meryl Streep is the greatest actress of all time
The case rests on comedy, emotional precision, versatility and sustained achievement, tested against the strongest rival claims.
30 October 2026
Denzel Washington is more than an actor: a global Black cultural icon
How global visibility, artistic freedom and a commanding public presence gave his career a meaning that reaches beyond the films.
29 October 2026
TV shows with Black female leads: four series worth arguing about
Insecure, Queen Sugar, Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder, ranked for character writing, dramatic range and the lives they make room for.
29 October 2026
TV shows with the best song choices: five different ways to get it right
The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The O.C., Peaky Blinders and Euphoria: what their songs do beyond making a scene sound good.
29 October 2026
Five great TV scores—and the scenes that explain why
Twin Peaks, Succession, Game of Thrones, Westworld and Stranger Things, judged for what their original music does inside the drama.
9 October 2026
Sitcoms rated highest by Google users: our preserved scores
Twenty-five historical five-star records, with ties and recorded counts retained. An archive of collected responses, not Google's final official chart.
Just released
See all →
Coming soon
Trailer — Life of the Party
×Full cast — Life of the Party
×
6 awards — Life of the Party
×| Worst Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Winner |
| The Comedy Movie Star of 2018 | Melissa McCarthy | Winner |
| Choice Summer Movie | Nominee | |
| Choice Summer Movie Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Actress Most in Need of a New Agent | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Worst Film of the Year | Nominee |