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Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar

2021

Josh Greenbaum

Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Jamie Dornan, Wendi McLendon-Covey ...

5.3

537

Comedy The story of best friends Barb and Star, who leave their small Midwestern town for the first time to go on vacation in Vista Del Mar, Florida, where they soon find themselves tangled up in adventure, love, and a villain's evil plot to kill everyone in town.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"An unapologetically delirious frolic (...) this disarming escape to turquoise waters and a seafood buffet will be just what many folks need right now."	POS
United States	Bilge Ebiri Vulture	"If it were opening in theaters, we’d probably be talking within a few days about how it crashed and burned at the box office. And then, a few weeks later, we’d be calling it a modern-day classic. It arrives preordained for cult status."	POS
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"It seems odd to deem any film an instant cult classic, but 'Barb and Star' is such a giddy outlier, a dense, flawed assemblage of zany humor that people will happily tear into for years to come."	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo don’t wear out their welcome, and the movie, while it has more chuckles than belly laughs, doesn’t feel padded (...) It feels, in its modestly clever and diverting way, just right"	POS
Canada	Mae Abdulbaki Screen Rant	"From a bizarre villain to unexpected musical numbers, 'Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar' is egregiously bad, but with splashes of occasional humor. (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"Not all the jokes landed for me, admittedly, but they all come from such a bizarre place that I was always interested to see what was coming from around the next corner."	POS
United States	Jesse Hassenger AV Club	"A silly, delightful trip (...) [It] has such a bizarre clarity of vision about what it wants to do that a few biffed jokes are almost part of its charm"	POS
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"It’s a breeze of a watch and with the bar for studio comedy being so very low right now, it’s at least mildly inventive and likably goofy, enough to warrant a cautious recommendation (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Matt Patches Polygon	"The fate makes 'Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar' a cult-movie-on-arrival just waiting to be discovered."	POS
Canada	Cynthia Vinney CBR	"While their new film is unlikely to garner the same amount of love and acclaim as their first, it’s still an enjoyably goofy comedy that once again centers on the theme of female friendship."	POS
United States	Sheila O'Malley rogerebert.com	"None of it has any real-world 'relevance' and nobody cares because it's not that kind of movie. There's something so invigorating about romps like this, and "Barb and Star" is no exception (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS

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