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The movie is not a remake of Back to School
Despite some thematic similarities, Life of the Party isn't a remake of the hit Rodney Dangerfield comedy, Back to School. Melissa's character, Deanna, finds herself returning to college for senior year, but it's after a shake-up in her personal life. Says McCarthy: "Ben (Falcone, Melissa's husband) came up with the original idea of going back to school and doing it with your daughter. We had a weird thing where I felt like four times in like an eight-day period, somebody said we’re not really 'go out, movie people.' People kept making these strange, sweeping statements, and I don’t know why but I had the weirdest reaction ... I was like, at like 70 you can move to, I don’t know, you can move to Portugal and raise goats. You don’t know what you’re going to. You may have 50 years left of your life, you’re not even at the halfway point."
Despite some thematic similarities, Life of the Party isn't a remake of the hit Rodney Dangerfield comedy, Back to School. Melissa's character, Deanna, finds herself returning to college for senior year, but it's after a shake-up in her personal life. Says McCarthy: "Ben (Falcone, Melissa's husband) came up with the original idea of going back to school and doing it with your daughter. We had a weird thing where I felt like four times in like an eight-day period, somebody said we’re not really 'go out, movie people.' People kept making these strange, sweeping statements, and I don’t know why but I had the weirdest reaction ... I was like, at like 70 you can move to, I don’t know, you can move to Portugal and raise goats. You don’t know what you’re going to. You may have 50 years left of your life, you’re not even at the halfway point."
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