#BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR PLUS#New Movies: Release Calendar for August 12, Plus Where to Watch the Latest FilmsĤ5 Great Films Booed at Cannes, from 'L'Avventura' to 'Okja'Įmmy Predictions: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Split 'Succession' Vote Tees Up 'Squid Game'? 'Stay on Board' Review: Trans Skateboarder Leo Baker Kickflips History At a bloated 107 minutes, “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” comes mighty close to overstaying its welcome, with convoluted story beats often tripping up even the most inspired of punchlines. But a series of jokes isn’t the same thing as a cohesive movie: Wiig and Mumolo, who both wrote the film and star in it as the eponymous Barb and Star, seem understandably thrilled to bring this nuttiness to life, but they stretch even their best gags to untenable ends. Fortunately, most of that wavelength has hysterical results, resulting in an eager-to-please package that tosses off lines designed to inflict maximum comic damage (a gag about “fried bald eagle babies” is impossible to contextualize, but it’s the sort of thing that left this critic gasping for air) before zipping right along to another wacky new set piece.
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