So-so ‘Rough Night’ binges on great comedy talent

The R-rated bachelorette party misadventure imagines an alternate reality where Scarlett Johansson is the awkward nerdy friend, and a house full of college-educated adults have no idea how DNA evidence works.

“Rough Night” demands maximum suspension of disbelief, and looks as if it was significantly more fun for the actors to make than for audiences to watch.

[...] it does yield rewards, with heavy contributions from the makers of TV’s “Broad City,” and an incredibly deep comic cast.

The groom (Paul W. Downs), having a much less wild bachelor party, becomes concerned with his wife’s drug-fueled mania.

Johansson portrays Jess, a detail-oriented political candidate who reluctantly goes to her bachelorette party in Miami — a trip so in sync with “The Hangover” films that you assume her friends used those movies as a template for planning.

Events head in a “Very Bad Things”/“Weekend at Bernie’s” direction quickly, as the hard-partying friends have to cover up an escalating series of felonies.

Director Lucia Aniello, a writer and producer on Comedy Central’s “Broad City,” fares well with individual scenes but has trouble crafting a cohesive narrative.

[...] if you’re the kind of person who watches a comedy saying “they could never dispose of a body using a jet ski” then you’re the exact type of uptight individual who could benefit from seeing this movie.