There are so many aspects that are wrong about this movie. It reminds me of a long short film written by a student filmmaker and it looks like one too.

First, is the out of place product placement at the beginning of the movie for Ouija Occult Spirit Boards. It's clearly product placement, and I can only ask why, why push it on junior high and high school kids.

Second, is the need to try to target every racial and gender demographic possible.

Third, a very confusing mod podge of era's that looks like it's occurring in the 1970's or 80's from vehicles to decor, only to also have modern cell phones.

Fourth, it looks super low budget, like a student film. Student filmmakers generally have only a few thousand dollars to work with or less, so they utilize friends and families homes and local locations, without a budget for an art department to set the look. I've seen multiple student shorts during film school that look higher budget than this movie.

Fifth, poor acting from beginning to end.

Sixth, poor screenplay and story. Apparently this movie is a book adaptation. I never read the book, but I hope it was better than the adaption to film, because it was just a poor story.

Seventh, the worse cinematography I've seen in anything released under the Disney license since some of the 1970's Disney movies, when framing shots and scene choices were still in there infancy.

Unfortunately, it's just not that good of a movie. Not very funny, lots of predictability, some of the scenes presented a stereotypical systematic racial overtone about black students that was completely unnecessary.

I am giving it two stars, only because its not the absolutely worst movie I've ever seen, but it's down at the bottom.

The mouse must of been out of town when Disney produced The Slumber Party.

This movie is based on a middle school book called The Sleepover by Jen Malone, but it is a Disney family friendly remake of the movie The Hangover (2009). The new Disney+ original movie The Slumber Party (2023) was ok, but it could have done better in making this concept work, especially when they could have gone a bit weirder or crazier when it comes to this.

The acting in the movie was fine but annoying from time to time when it comes to the many, many random things that happen in the movie. Some of the girls have personal problems involving their parents marrying someone else, having a stepsister, or having a crush on someone that I did not care that much about. The main character Megan has a crush on a boy she knows, and I did not think it was built up that much to make it believable when they get together in the end.

The weird things that happened were too random, and made no sense, especially since we do not see what they did until we see little clips in the credits on what happened that night. The hypnotist that hypnotizes them was not in the movie that much, other than slight appearances at locations wherever the characters go. The comedy in the movie was not that funny, and there were random things that had no part in the plot that did not work and were not that funny when they were trying to make it funny.

I am sure kids might like this movie, but it was not for me; if you want to watch something with this premise, I suggest watching the movie The Hangover (2009) to get more out of this premise. If you want kids to experience the movie The Hangover (2009) but family friendly, and without any of the extremes of that movie, then watch The Slumber Party (2023). Not a terrible movie, but not something that is worth watching right away.