Girls Trip gets an F for extremely foul

Movie Title:

Girls Trip

Grade: F for FOUL

Rating: R, 122 minutes

In a Nutshell: I guess I just don’t get this movie. In fact, I hated it. Audiences are loving it, but I thought it was one of the most crude, trashy movies I had ever seen. I’m honestly surprised that the talented cast would want to be part of such a disgusting, filthy script.

Uplifting theme:

Friendship, forgiveness, loyalty
“Realize your own truth.” – Ryan (Regina Hall)
Power to rediscover your own voice
It’s better to be alone than with someone who disrespects you.

Things I liked:

The cast includes Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Regina Hall, and Tiffany Haddish. I thought Tiffany’s character was the most disgusting and disgraceful, so I guess you could say she did a great job.
Some music celebrity cameos. The Essence Music Festival occurs every year in New Orleans.
I got a kick out of all of Queen Latifah’s hairstyles.

Things I didn’t like:

TONS of nasty, crude jokes, foul behavior, offensive language, and repulsive images.
The girls do horribly crude things and have a night of extremely bad behavior and then they kneel down to pray. So, praying makes all of their bad character, foul language and trashy behavior OK all of a sudden? I believe in repentance, but the very next day they go out and do it all again.
The girlfriends scream profanities at each other and are constantly fighting.
Two of the women pee all over everyone from a zip-line above a crowd. Disgusting. I’m not talking about a little dribble either. Think full-on spraying hose. Gross. Not funny.

Ryan’s husband cheats on her, yet she flirts with someone else and thinks it’s OK.
The two token white girls were both painted as idiots.
Why are so many movies coming out that glorify girls behaving badly?
I love a good comedy, but the jokes in this movie were juvenile and disgusting.

Tips for parents:

Pure garbage. If you wanted your kids to watch this movie with a filter, it would be about a 10 minute movie.
Extreme profanity and offensive language. That’s not even including the 429,871 F-bombs.
Drugs, alcohol, sex, fighting
Full-frontal nudity of an old guy. Like full-on, totally naked. Yuck.
Dina opens her shirt up at a concert to reveal pasties.
Very immodest clothing.