Anna Kendrick, SNL Host: Review Roundup, Video Highlights

Anna Kendrick made her debut as a first-time host of Saturday Night Live. The ‘Pitch Perfect’ star went full-scale Broadway for a musical opening monologue and revealed her comedic range in several skits. But what did the critics have to say of her debut? Check out a roundup of reviews and see video highlights. Anna Kendrick did not take part in the cold open which saw cast member Kate McKinnon take on the role of General Motors’ new CEO Mary Barra she testified before Congress on the ignition switch recall, parodying a recent event which saw a company being finally held accountable for driver and passenger deaths. As such it stretched on and on with the same joke; the “new” GM and its “new” CEO knew nothing about the culpable old GM. But thankfully once that was over and done, the 28-year-old actress who rose to fame in George Clooney’s ‘Up in the Air’ gave us an opening monologue that was a standout in contrast. Parlaying her Broadway roots, she delivered a full-scale opening number with a Disney ‘Beauty and the Beast’ theme. The show has several skits that were polarizing, not least of which was the ‘Dongs all over [...]

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