Take a large portion of Bridesmaids, add a serving of The Hangover, smaller portions of its sequels and then stir in a soupcon of Weekend at Bernie’s and you have this ribald ripoff.
The premise of Office Christmas Party is simple. “Clay Vanstone” (T.J. Miller) runs the Chicago branch of the family company, Zenotek. His sister “Carol Vanstone” (Jennifer Aniston) became the company’s interim CEO after the death of their father and she wants that word interim removed from her title.
Given what we’ve seen Tina Fey and Amy Poehler accomplish over the past few years; given even a mediocre script, the expectation would be a funny film when the two are the leads in a project. Sisters, a film from the very talented director of Pitch Perfect (I’d have given it a better review than TailSlate’s other critic did) does a bit better than just funny. Probably because screenwriter Paula Pell knows how to use both words and visuals to generate laughter.