[REVIEW] 'Office Christmas Party' Review

Here's what the critics had to say about the comedy/holiday ensemble film 'Office Christmas Party' starring Jennifer Aniston with criticism from Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and IMDb:

Office Christmas Party

Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 43% based on 123 reviews from critics with an average rating of 4.9/10.0. Rotten Tomatoes critic consensus states: "Its cast of gifted comics is good for a handful of laughs, but 'Office Christmas Party's' overstuffed plot ultimately proves roughly as disappointing as its cliched gags and forced sentimentality." Positive reviews from Rotten Tomatoes include: "Lewd and crude as well as warm and endearing. But mostly it is just laugh out loud funny". - film critic Jackie K. Cooper of the Huffington Post. " 'Office Christmas Party' is actually quite enjoyable." - film critic Brian Viner of Daily Mail.com. "A tiny bit of invention and a few good laughs emerge. Which is what you'd hope from a cast featuring some of the funniest actors around, among them Kate McKinnon, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, Rob Corddry, T.J. Miller and Jillian Bell" - critic Peter Howell of the Toronto Star. Negative reviews from Rotten Tomatoes include: "So concerned with telling a coherent, emotionally resonate story, it often forgets to have fun with itself, eventually losing focus on chaos to adhere to convention." - critic Brian Orndoff of Blu-ray.com. "Yet another reminder that allowing your cast to madly improvise instead of actually providing a coherent script with a scintilla of logic often leads to a decline in a sustained laughter." - critic Susan Wloszczyna for Roger Ebert.com. "There is a world of difference between Ho, Ho, Ho and Ha, Ha, Ha. 'Office Christmas Party' manages a little of the first and not nearly enough of the second." - critic Chris Knight of the National Post.

" 'Office Christmas Party' is laugh-out-loud funny!" - film critic Jackie K. Cooper, Huffington Post

According to Metacritic the film got a score of 42 out of 100, based on reviews from 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews from critics. Positive reviews from Metacritic include: "Aniston has a great time as the vampy, Krav Maga-ing Bitch Who Stole Christmas, and Miller's willful idiocy is weirdly endearing." - critic Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly magazine. "The film's success is due to the twinkly commitment of the large and talented cast" - critic Michael O'Sullivan for the Washington Post. Negative reviews from Metacritic include: "Do not county on 'Office Christmas Party' to deliver a contact high. Yes, there are laughs to be had, but not the off-the-charts merriment promised by the title and the film's expert cast of comic actors." - critic Marjorie Baumgarten of the Austin Chronicle. "This pooped party brings you down from all the jokes that don't land and the flop sweat pouring off good actors whose forced cheer is exhausting." - critic Peter Travers for Rolling Stone magazine. " 'Office Christmas Party' is a decent studio comedy, but its entertaining parts do not add up to a cohesive whole." - critic Chris Ager of Screen Rant.com.

"There are laughs to be had with off-the-charts merriment." - film critic Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle

IMDb the internet movie database gave 'Office Christmas Party' a 5.9 star rating out of a 10.0 star rating based on 126 votes from 26 users and 100 critics. Positive reviews from IMDb include: "Strip away all of the naughty and 'Office Christmas Party' still aims to make the nice list." - critic Travis Hopson of Punch-Drunk Critics..com. " 'Office Christmas Party' won't go down as a festive classic, but its good-humored goofiness makes it hard to dislike." - critic Jason Best for What'sOnTV.com. Negative reviews from IMDb include: "Josh Gordon and Will Speck's 'Office Christmas Party' generally smacks of trying too hard to earn its laughs" - critic Kenji Fujishima for Slant magazine.