Drunk Parents (2019)

Drunk Parents is the kind of shameless, high-wire comedy that works because Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek go all in, playing a couple whose panic and pride curdle into a week of increasingly elaborate, disastrously funny schemes. The vibe is loud, messy, and unapologetically mean-spirited in that late-night, “watch these people make it worse” way, with the humor driven less by cleverness than by sheer momentum and committed performances. If you like your comedies broad, boozy, and willing to sprint past good taste for the sake of a big laugh, this one has the reckless energy to carry you along. But if offensive jokes, constant profanity, and heavy drinking are dealbreakers, it’s better to know up front that the movie doesn’t tiptoe—it cannonballs.

Drunk Parents is aiming for a reckless, anything-goes dark comedy about two adults spiraling as they try to keep up appearances, and you can see the pitch: Baldwin and Hayek going big while the situation gets more absurd. The problem is the movie often confuses “offensive” with “funny,” leaning hard on crude shock jokes and mean-spirited bits that can feel tacky rather than sharp, with writing that doesn’t build momentum so much as stumble from scheme to scheme. If you’re not into constant profanity, heavy drinking, and humor that pokes at sensitive topics without much wit or payoff, this will likely feel like a long, sloppy night you didn’t agree to. The main redeeming quality is the cast’s commitment—there are moments where their energy almost sells it—but it’s rarely enough to overcome material that many viewers find thin and unpleasant.