Emergency (2022)
Directed by Carey Williams
Ready for a night of legendary partying, three college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an unexpected situation.
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What critics compared Emergency to
Its story of friends out for an evening of partying echoes one-crazy-night movies like Booksmart and Superbad , beguiling the audience with drunken antics and sweet depictions of loyal friendship onscreen.
Since this is a take on the “one crazy night” narrative, I think you will hear people compare it to films like “Superbad.”
There are echoes of Superbad here, though as much as I love that film it very much remains a movie cloaked in obvious artifice.
At first glance, this film seems like your regular “wild night out” film in the vein of Booksmart or Superbad .
Initially the film gives off similar vibes to a college version of Superbad with these characters just looking to have one last good time together, but once they find the drunk girl in their living room, things quickly dissolve into a beautiful chaos, and that’s when the film gets more interesting and terrifying.
There are certainly shades of Superbad (2007) floating around here.
Emergency certainly doesn’t offer a subtle treatment of its subject matter, filtered instead through the gonzo lens of alcohol-sodden comedies like The World’s End and Superbad, yet with the distinct difference of its subjects’ non-whiteness.