Tiffany Haddish Schools Kevin Hart Values and Comedy in 'Night School'

Night School is about Teddy Walker (Kevin Hart), a high school dropout who becomes an impressive and successful salesman with an out-of-his-league fiancé, Lisa (Megalyn Echikinwoke). At first, it seems like another dropout success story ala Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. But when an accident happened in his workplace, Teddy is definitely neither Jobs nor Zuckerberg. He got terminated. To find a new job, he had to go to ~Night School~ at his former alma mater, where his former school nemesis, is now working as a principal (Taran Killam).

There, Teddy meets his no nonsense teacher Carrie (Tiffany Haddish), and a group of misfits as his classmates. Together, they push each other to pass the GED exam for each of their own purposes.

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To be frank, Night School feels like a big excuse for Kevin Hart to lead another movie. As funny as he is, his humor is not everyone's cup of tea. And appropriately enough, he needs more support from other actors to make the cheap laughs worthy of our time, and alas, this is a stacked cast of talented actors and needless to say, thank you movie gods for Tiffany Haddish!

As the lead, Hart does most of the comedy here, but it's Tiffany Haddish who proves to be the main comedic force. Here, she does what we love her for but remains refreshing with the role. Intelligence suits her. She still got the dance moves, the funny faces, and most of all, the SASS. I bet the movie would have been funnier if she’s the lead, front and center.

The ensemble shines despite the weak material that they're working on. Particularly Lynn Rajskub, as a homemaker who goes to night school to help her family when clearly, she just wants to get out of her house for some fun, peace and quiet. Each of them has their own story to tell, but then again, everything feels like a bogus.

For what it's worth, it's still a funny movie because everyone commits to their roles however silly it gets. And as for Haddish's limited screentime, she leaves us wanting for more. 

It's difficult to say that this movie is about self-improvement even after his supposed-to-be movingly funny speech at the end of the film because it's really just about Kevin Hart, doing what he's done in his previously lead films. Reverse his role with Tiffany Haddish then it would definitely be a different story.