"Super Fun Night” isn’t the worst night ever. It’s just a long way from “super” and too many times it’s not all that much fun.
Rebel Wilson wrote and stars in “Super Fun Night,” a ploy that fails more often than it works.
She plays Kimmie, a career woman who’s sheltered, insecure and socially underdeveloped.
There’s someone for everyone, though, and Kimmie has two girlfriends in the same situation: Helen-Alice (Liza Lapira) and Marika (Lauren Ash).
They’re besties and roomies and every Friday for the past 13 years they have held “Super Fun Night,” which has conveniently relieved them of the obligation to mingle with anyone else on what is traditionally the most social night of the week.
On the surface it sounds a little sad. That’s exactly what a sitcom doesn’t want to be, so Wilson starts with the three defiantly deciding to take some chances even knowing they could fail.
Think “Ugly Betty,” where the character put us at ease by not letting us feel sorry for her.
To help in this endeavor, and broaden the comic possibilities, Wilson also introduces a potential boyfriend, Richard (Kevin Bishop). He gives us something to hope for, just as the mean girl at work, Kendall (Kate Jenkinson), gives us someone to root against.
With those subplots in motion, and a steady flow of easy body-parts jokes to further distract us, Wilson hopes we will feel comfortable enjoying the comic missteps of the “Super Fun Night” gals.
Unfortunately, on opening night at least, those adventures still feel a little embarrassing.
This show doesn’t have to be super. It does have to be fun.
dhinckley@nydailynews.com
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