5/7/2023 0 Comments Afterparty lonely island![]() ![]() Of the six episodes I’ve seen, the two stellar standouts were Yasper's musical episode and the Zoe's animated episode (no surprises there, given no one does animation quite like Lord and Miller). The glorious talent attached to The Afterparty ensures the show is never not watchable, but when it doesn’t have a new genre to hide behind, the writing and laughs only really leap off the screen in fits and starts. What keeps you invested, or at least curious, then, is to see which genre they’ll dive into in the next episode, more than the whodunit plot or fairly enjoyable characters. To that end, The Afterparty feels more like an anthology than a series-an uneven, mixed bag of chapters that range from functional to inspired. The result is an inconsistent series whose individual parts are greater than their sum. But while the series wins on a macro level with its inventive genre-hopping structure, it proves far less remarkable on the micro level- the characters and comedy. Unresolved high school drama has led to murder so, to solve the case, Detective Danner has to wade through all the high school drama, as old grudges, confessions, hooks ups and breakups come gushing out of the woodwork.īetween its ambitious concept and a sparkling cast of comedy big-hitters, based on the six out of eight episodes I’ve watched, The Afterparty is exactly what you'd expect from the Lord and Miller school of refusing-to-think-inside-the-box storytelling. The premise is both hilariously ridiculous and oddly believable. Here to crack the case and identify the killer is Detective Danner (a mostly wasted Tiffany Haddish) who wants to solve the crime, but also get the goss. Basically, if Agatha Christie's subjects were sheltered, avocado-smoothie sipping twenty-somethings from LA.Īlso read: Titane movie review: All you need is love in Julia Ducournau's controversial Cannes award-winning car-sex movie Walt is that dude from high school who no one really remembers or acknowledges, but he’s not really worth going into. Also among the group of reunioners-turned-murder suspects is the mysterious Chelsea (Ilana Glazer) and Walt (Jamie Demetrio, who you’ll remember as the weird teeth guy from Fleabag). On a mission to help Aniq clear his name and get the girl of his dreams, is his lovable, loyal best friend Yasper (the delightfully dynamic Ben Shwartz who continues to make everything he’s a part of instantly funnier). Also after Zoe’s affection is her ex-husband Brett (Ike Barinholtz essentially reprising his character from Blockers). All Aniq wanted to do at the reunion was finally confess his love to the one that got away - Zoe (Modern Love’s Zoe Chao). The chief suspect (and our hero) is Aniq, an endearing Sam Richardson. ![]() ![]() The victim is a hollow Hollywood heartthrob Xavier (the inimitable Dave Franco playing an obnoxious Justin Bieber-like figure with a worrying authenticity). Each episode recounts what went down that fateful evening by giving us a different character’s perspective, each told through a different genres, ranging from mushy rom-com and Fincher-esque paranoid thriller to zany animation and Superbad-style coming-of-age high school comedy. During a high school reunion afterparty, someone is found murdered. The plot is simple and the storytelling is inventive in this eight-episode murder mystery comedy which boasts of a cast that reads like a wishlist of funny people-Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Ben Schwartz, Ike Barinholtz and Dave Franco, among others. The Afterparty Review: Tiffany Haddish in a still from the show. (YouTube) Miller is the creator and director of Apple TV’s The Afterparty with Lord serving as producer and one of the writers. After years of writing, directing and/or producing delightfully zany comedies on the big screen (21 Jump Street, The Lego Movie, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, The Mitchells Vs The Machines), the duo return to their TV roots. Phil Lord and Chris Miller are among Hollywood’s most distinctive voices. ![]()
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