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Filthy, Freewheeling 'Girls Trip' Features The Summer's Breakout Performance

Meanwhile, Back at the Raunch: This tale of four women letting loose in the Big Easy hits familiar beats, but Tiffany Haddish's "incandescently filthy" turn as Dina proves a revelation.
Sisterhood on parade (L to R): Sasha (Queen Latifah), Ryan (Regina Hall), Lisa (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Dina (Tiffany Haddish) step out in <em>Girls Night</em>.

Among the four stars of the third and funniest summer comedy about hard-partying women in trouble, following and — Tiffany Haddish is the least well-known, having bounced around in minor roles on film and television before landing a spot as a series regular on . All that stands to change overnight. As Dina, a pleasure-seeker of unapologetic, bull-in-a-china-shop relentlessness, Haddish is so incandescently filthy that a new ratings trade in shock value, but Haddish laces her raunchy tirades with a distinct, infectious joy, often prefaced by a naughty curl of the lips as she gets ready to go .

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