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Lifelong friends Barb and Star embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they decide to leave their small Midwestern town for the first time - ever.Lifelong friends Barb and Star embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they decide to leave their small Midwestern town for the first time - ever.Lifelong friends Barb and Star embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they decide to leave their small Midwestern town for the first time - ever.
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This movie is complete non sense and I loved it so much.
It can be hard to find a place when making a comedy that is absurd but isn't just like stupid if that makes sense but this movie finds it.
At first I wasn't won over by one of the main plots and didn't understand why it was there, I thought the movie should have just been about the main characters trip but it proved me wrong and tied it all together perfectly.
The jokes are a mile a minute and yeah sometimes they are duds but it doesn't matter because there will be another one any minute that won't be and will really land.
I also think that even though this movie is completely illogical I think it really got it's characters. They were fleshed out and that's what made them funny. You knew them after watching it, they didn't just say stupid lines for the sake of it, you felt like that was actually what them characters were like.
I also loved its colours they were just so sweet and candy like. It looks so good and worked really well with the film
I think this movie was great and you should give it a watch.
It can be hard to find a place when making a comedy that is absurd but isn't just like stupid if that makes sense but this movie finds it.
At first I wasn't won over by one of the main plots and didn't understand why it was there, I thought the movie should have just been about the main characters trip but it proved me wrong and tied it all together perfectly.
The jokes are a mile a minute and yeah sometimes they are duds but it doesn't matter because there will be another one any minute that won't be and will really land.
I also think that even though this movie is completely illogical I think it really got it's characters. They were fleshed out and that's what made them funny. You knew them after watching it, they didn't just say stupid lines for the sake of it, you felt like that was actually what them characters were like.
I also loved its colours they were just so sweet and candy like. It looks so good and worked really well with the film
I think this movie was great and you should give it a watch.
This is a completely bonkers movie. To begin with I thought - it's not even that funny but somehow it's still likeable and silly and, as pretty much everyone has said, just the kind of light hearted nonsense we need right now. But by the time Jamie Dornan sings an earnest ballad of love to the seagulls, I was won over. It takes comedy cliches to an unprecedented level and is well worth a watch for anyone who needs cheering up.
Humor, it's something we will never agree about, as what's funny to somebody seems completely ridiculous to some one else. So yes Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar will devide people in two groups, the lovers and the haters. Count me in the lovers as I enjoyed this movie very much. I get it that it's absurd humor, but that's just the thing that makes it good and stands out from the rest. Somebody didn't like the songs, and I normally hate it when they start to sing in a movie, but in this case I have to admit the songs were hilarious and one of the best parts of the comedy. Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo were the perfect duo to play in this comedy, a waterfall of words, never stopping rambling about everything and nothing. It added to that funny feelgood sensation. The whole cast was good and they all contributed in making this comedy a movie that I will watch again in the future.
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar is a gleefully absurd comedy that's really fun even if the jokes don't always land. Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo are terrific with perfect chemistry. Jamie Dornan is excellent and Damon Wayans Jr. is consistently really funny. Josh Greenbaum's direction is really good, it's well filmed and extremely well paced. The soundtrack is also really good and the music by Christopher Lennertz and Dara Taylor is good.
Did you know
- TriviaThat's really Jamie Dornan singing, and it was his choice to tear his shirt off at the end of the song. He wasn't supposed to--on the commentary they mention the shirt wasn't designed as a tear-away--but he felt it was necessary.
- Crazy creditsThere's a short scene after the closing credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Will Forte/Annie Mumolo (2021)
- SoundtracksGuilty
Written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb
Performed by Barbra Streisand feat. Barry Gibb
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
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- $32,825
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- 1h 47m(107 min)
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- 2.39 : 1
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