House Party (2008– ) User Reviews

An Unfunny Mess

[steveadams-1 · 26 July 2009]

This show is an unfunny mess. The performances by the actors are all flat and boring with jokes delivered poorly but I guess even a great delivery of a joke can't help it when the jokes are as poorly written as this show is. It is almost as if they posted the most obvious jokes ever on a wall and let children throw darts and whichever ones they hit were put in the show. The show makes no sense at all, the plot is a mess and they were obviously going for some kind of "tell the same story by following different characters each episode" thing which I'm sure they thought was really cool but there are two big problems with that, #1 it's been done a million times before and done better, #2 if you're going to do that your show has to be good/interesting/funny enough for someone to say "I will watch this again and see the next character's story" but this show definitely is not. Bad all around but especially the direction/production in general I strongly suspect they went into this not knowing exactly what they were trying to do.

Why is the comedy network TRYING to ruin themselves?

[robertboylex · 1/10 · 23 September 2009]

Most networks try to make good shows so people will watch them and they can stay on the air so why is it so obvious that the comedy network is trying their hardest to make the worst shows possible? I am only half joking here because being 100% serious there must be a reason why they are making such bad shows, is it that they want to be able to say that Canadian content rules just don't work because no good shows can be made here so that they will be allowed to run more imported UK and USA shows which are the only decent thing they broadcast on their network? The acting, writing, etc, is all putrid, this show doesn't even make any sense let alone the fact that not one second of it even approaches being funny. But when you realize just how many other shows this network has made that all I repeat ALL suck you have to admit something is clearly going on at this network and I suspect they must be doing this on purpose out of some hidden motive. Popcultured, Punched Up, Girls will be Girls, Kevin Spencer, Comedy Inc, seriously it can not be a coincidence that they make this many shows that are completely unwatchable.

Horrible

[fembot1002 · 1/10 · 23 November 2009]

I don't even see what they were trying to do with this show. I saw several episodes and it seemed like what they were trying to do was show the same party from different character's point of view each week. It seems like it could have been an interesting idea but this show was just awful. I am with the other comment poster who said "is the Comedy Network trying to ruin itself?" I don't know what they are thinking half the time. I don't get the feeling they even knew for sure what they were doing when they started taping this show, it is all disjointed and disconnected and just seems disorganized. The jokes are all really bad and feel like they were just thrown in last minute, like "hey it might be funny if we have this guy throw up now, or have that person fall down now, or put in a bad sex joke here". The acting was terrible but mainly the problem was the writing, if there even was any. What a bad show this was.

Very Hiliarious, and very creative

[antekd-966-442656 · 9/10 · 1 February 2011]

Obviously these other reviewers are old farts and don't understand the satire that surrounds this show. It relates to a younger audience and there are certain sphere older people won't understand. I've seen a lot of similar behavior at parties that I have gone to in the past and its a pretty dead on depiction. There is always a crazy girl, always a super drunk guy, always a foreign guy, always a popular guy, always some fight or hook up or some drama. Agreed some of the acting was a little rusty here and there, but some roles are just mint. If you can appreciate it as whole its great time. Its also interesting to see how the story unravels. Each episode follows one of the main characters and shows the party from their perspective and tells their story. So you can actually see events in episodes appear in other episodes, pretty neat. This a great show and I don't see why it has such a terrible rating, I recommend it to all.

I miss this show!!

[lauralibra_53 · 10/10 · 7 April 2019]

This show was brilliant and incredibly underrated. It's a shame it was so misunderstood as the concept behind it was genius! Maybe try re-pitching this show to Adult Swim or some place where it might actually be appreciated! ...Also... trying so hard to find a place to watch the existing episodes of this show and can't find them anywhere. I actually think about this show a lot. What a shame it didn't take off!