BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Annie Mumolo (Bad Moms), Kristen Wiig (Wonder Woman 1984), Jamie Dornan (Synchronic), Wendi McLendon-Covey (Blended), Damon Wayans Jr. (Love, Guaranteed), Vanessa Bayer (Trainwreck), Fortune Feimster (The Happytime Murders), Rose Abdoo (Cake), Phyllis Smith (Inside Out), Reyn Doi (film debut), Michael Hitchcock (Super 8), Kwame Patterson (Charm City)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Josh Greenbaum (The Short Game), director; Annie Mumolo (Rex) and Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids), writers, producers; Jessica Elbaum (Booksmart), Will Ferrell (Daddy’s Home), Margot Hand (Brittany Runs a Marathon), Adam McKay (Vice) and Tom Rothman (Candy Mountain), producers; Christopher Lennertz (Ride Along) and Dara Taylor (Are You From Dixie?), composers; Toby Oliver (Get Out), cinematographer; Steve Welch (Year One), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Lifelong friends Barb (Mumolo) and Star (Wiig) leave their small Midwestern town for the first time to spend a holiday in Vista Del Mar, Florida. There, Barb and Star find themselves entangled in adventure, love, and a dastardly plot to kill everyone in town…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, both Oscar-nominated for their script to Bridesmaids, reunite as writers and co-stars for this far different, much more surreal comedy that’s a strange alternative to all the other Valentine’s Day movies out this week.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 2021 (AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL PLATFOMS, INCLUDING AMAZON PRIME VIDEO)

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