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Skip to main content Currently Reading 'Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar' Review: Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo Are Perfectly Daft As Middle American Fuddy-duddies on Vacation In their first script since "Bridesmaids," the two actresses have given themselves a modest but winning vehicle. Owen Gleiberman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Director: Josh Greenbaum With: Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Jamie Dornan, Damon Wayans Jr., Vanessa Bayer, Fortune Feimster, Phyllis Smith, Reyn Doi, Ian Gomez, Michael Hitchcock, Kwame Patterson, Wendi McLendon-Covey. On “Saturday Night Live,” sketch cha...

The new comedy Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar cashes in all the mainstream cred accrued by writer-actors Kristin Wiig and Annie Mumolo after the phenomenon of Bridesmaids, then puts it toward the greatest use of all: silly, bizarre, ecstatic jokes. The bits are executed with extreme confidence; when the pair strut out in khaki culottes and larger-than-life perms, it’s like they’ve spent the last 10 years performing on SNL as the two twinkling, middle-age Midwesterners. But like Austin Powers or Andy Samberg’s Popstar alter ego Connor4Real, Wiig and Mumolo invented Barb and Star so...

2/12/2021 Kristen Wiig and 'Bridesmaids' co-writer Annie Mumolo reteam in this screwy comedy about two Nebraskan friends who pack their best culottes and hit a Florida resort for midlife singles. After setting a new gold standard for the female buddy comedy with the 2011 smash Bridesmaids, Kristen Wiig and co-writer Annie Mumolo reunite on both sides of the camera to riff on a model popularized in the 1980s and '90s. Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar is so indebted to fluffy pleasures like Outrageous Fortune and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion that you almost expect a Touchstone Pict...

There's a tiny oasis on the west coast of Florida where the men wear Tommy Bahama from head to toe and women of a certain age stroll around poolside in

Review: Manic comic energy fuels 'Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar' 'Bridesmaids' screenwriters Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo write and star in weirdo ode to friendship Adam Graham When everyone goes to bed, that's when "SNL" gets weird. The last sketch of the night, known to fans as the "12:50 sketch" for the time it usually airs, is when writers throw out their oddball ideas that don't quite fit in anywhere else. It's a roll of the dice, and these bits may not make traditional, linear sense. But because the pressure is off, the creatively flows freely, and the 12:50 sketches often make f...