With all those stars, and the ability to borrow from every genre, it should zip along. Each episode is an impressive achievement, in that it looks like a lot of work went into it, but I was left admiring that work, rather than immersed in the story. It is all classy to a fault, but for all of its smart ideas, it doesn’t quite ignite. The third episode stretches the show’s muscles again, giving Yasper (Parks and Rec’s Ben Schwartz) a musical in which he sings his feelings and gently mocks Hamilton’s My Shot with a song called Two Shots. It could have benefited from more like this. A literal pissing contest between him and Xavier hints at a surreal, slightly gross, very silly comedy that only appears sporadically. The more bombastic scenes – car chases, handbrake turns, punchups with bouncers – are interspersed with his efforts to be a good dad, and it works surprisingly well.
Brett, Zoë’s ex-husband (Mindy Project alumnus Ike Barinholtz) gets his own action movie, which you could have guessed from the neckline on his leather jacket and his Matt Damon hair. Once it has set the scene, the instalments fall back to a more manageable and more flattering half-hour or so. It was a wise move to launch this show with three episodes (the rest will follow weekly). The partygoers’ testimonies offer up a cinematic kaleidoscope of stories. Cue the arrival of Danner and her sidekick Culp (Search Party’s John Early, underused in the early episodes), there to grill the attendees and work out whodunnit. But Xavier ends up falling to his death from the balcony of his beach-side mansion, where the reunion’s afterparty has been taking place. (Dave Franco plays him with ample slime and ooze). A group of old classmates are getting together for their 15-year reunion, and in among the archetypes is Xavier, formerly known as Eugene, now a famous rock star and actor whose sole purpose seems to be to mess with the heads of the people with whom he went to school. Not much, as it turns out, but its fundamental decent-ness is to its detriment. Tiffany Haddish plays Danner, the detective who puts herself in charge of investigating the crime.
The afterparty uncropped movie#
Originally conceived as a film about a high school reunion by Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street creators Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, it has been transformed into an eight-part murder mystery, with each episode adopting a different genre depending on the character we are following.
The afterparty uncropped series#
And let’s hope Hungry, Hungry Hippos gets that Blu-ray anniversary release it truly deserves.T he Afterparty (Apple TV+) is one of those “oh, it’s them from that thing” shows, packed to the gills with comedy stars who have appeared in better series or films. It was a great first season by Christopher Miller with a stellar cast and a perfect combination of a murder mystery and comedy gold. And Culp walked away with one of Xavier’s gold records which were inexplicably hilarious. (And yes they forgot about poor Walt sitting in the back seat).Įven Danner and Culp had a satisfying ending with Danner solving the case before her rival Detective Germain ( Reid Scott) showed up. Brett left feeling way more amicable towards his ex, Jennifer #1 gave Chelsea a long overdue apology which Chelsea couldn’t care less about, Walt was over the moon that they knew his name, and Zoë and Aniq finally shared a real first kiss at the beach.
Since the new season will feature a whole new cast and a new case, all the loose ends were able to be tied up in a satisfying way. Thankfully, it was announced that The Afterparty has been renewed for a second season and Haddish will reprise her role as Detective Danner.
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