They didn't nail anything...it's not a funny movie. Melissa McCarthy and Leslie Jones are beyond obnoxious (and I've never seen either of them be funny in anything). Kate McKinnon just reminds me of Jimmy Fallon more often than not (not a compliment), and Kristin Wiig, who's made me laugh many times over the years, doesn't even come across well here.
And they didn't help themselves by attempting a direct lift of the originals, which, naturally, is going to invite comparisons and highlight just how much they come up short. Throwing four people (even matching the racial makeup of the original) into jumpsuits, setting it in NYC and giving them a similar car was the worst route they could've gone.
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