A Happening of Monumental Proportions

Released Aug 24, 2018

1h 21m

Comedy

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Administrators at an elementary school scramble to hide a dead body from students and parents on Career Day.

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Nell Minow

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Every performance is a gem.

Oct 12, 2021

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

Even if the above factors were clicking on all cylinders, the wrong touch in the editing bay could sink the moment.

Rated: 1.5/4

Sep 25, 2018

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Leah Pickett

Chicago Reader

This ensemble film has a slight edge to compensate for its blaring score and comedic misfires.

Sep 22, 2018

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Cate Marquis

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Chaos ensues, but audiences will have to decide if hilarity does as well.

Oct 12, 2021

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Jennifer Merin

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There are lots of amusing plot twists and character quirks to bring the point home. And Judy Greer directs with honesty, her quick wit and impeccable sense of timing shining throughout for a delightfully lighthearted first feature.

Oct 12, 2021

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Sandie Angulo Chen

AWFJ.org

The inter-generational scenes are the sweetest, with middle-school-aged kids asking adults about the meaning of love and adults teaching kids about failure and humiliation.

Oct 12, 2021

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faye m

Nonsensical and a waste of time to watch. Annoying kids, immature adults, and a strange storyline that leads nowhere. The cast tried their hardest to make this movie work - I'd say these actors landed roles which completely underrepresented their talent. This is an easily forgettable film.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/19/24

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Ted B

3.0 stars; An outrageous sitcom. Career day at an Intermediate school turns into a free-for-all Including, a dead body that Administrators try to hide from students, a parent who is supposed to speak at the events gets fired from his job for having an affair with a co-worker. To add to the complexities, the boss who fires him has a son who has desires for the daughter of the man who he fired. When the Boss and the fired employee both show up to speak, tempers flare and a huge fight breaks out between them. All of these shenanigans plus some character side stories add up to a fun comedy. The movie ends at the end of the day. There's no real moral to the story. It just ends. Kinda' like real life.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/21/23

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Audience Member

Not impressed with this movie despite having great casts. This flick definitely has its very few moments which are genuinely hilarious. Other than that, this movie is just incomprehensible (the way they handle the gardener's body??) and things just don't relate.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

If anything this film feels like a series of small comedic stories than a full film. The cast is amazing with a lot of cameos but the script feels under baked and I just wish more happened. The film is also very short and moves by very quickly. It’s a nice little film but nothing groundbreaking and it does offer some laughs.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/24/20

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jeffrey r

An interesting mix of plots, sub-plots, and characters...you will enjoy.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

With this All-Star cast it should have been a funnier movie

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Synopsis

Administrators at an elementary school scramble to hide a dead body from students and parents on Career Day.

Director: Judy Greer
Producer: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Andrew Miano, David Gardner
Screenwriter: Gary Lundy
Distributor: Great Point Media
Production Co: Great Point Media, Depth of Field
Rating: R (Sexual Content and Language)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 24, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 23, 2018
Runtime: 1h 21m

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