Whatever that was, Spa Weekend at least respects the blooper reel.
Jon Lucas and Scott Moore’s frankly terrible comedy gifts audiences who manage to remain seated until the end with the once-mighty inclusion, a stream of gaffs and bloopers from the shoot.
Spa Weekend follows four childhood friends (including one they all hate), burned out from work and parenting, treating themselves to a luxury spa weekend on the Californian coast. But while the film presents a dated lineup of subpar bits and bachelorettecore needle drops, the blooper reel is where the real comedy lives. Blooper reels used to be quintessential for comedies in the ’90s and ’00s — Lucas and Moore’s own The Hangover films and Bad Moms came with blooper reels — but they’re now mainly TV territory.
It’s here, we get to see the comedy finesse of cast members Isla Fisher and Michelle Buteau, as well as some fun moments from co-stars Anna Faris and Leslie Mann. Fisher, in particular, rolls out some deeply Australian improv gold, which is actually worth sticking around for. These scenes make it awkwardly obvious that Spa Weekend‘s illustrious cast far outshines the film’s half-baked script.
Remember fun? Was that what we were supposed to be having for the last two hours? For a film so determined to Woo Woo Wellness Girlbossification its way through tired takes on meditation, goat yoga, and dildos through to a message about female friendship and empowerment or something, it’s deeply unfunny.
Thank f*ck for the outtakes, though.
Spa Weekend is now in cinemas.
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