Emma Harwood Upon its festival release, Girl Most Likely garnered generally negative reviews from critics. Christopher Schobert from film blog The Playlist called the film "a big-screen sitcom, elevated by Kristen Wiig and Annette Bening". He wrote that Wiig's "likability oozes from every scene in Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's occasionally winning, a touch too sitcom-y, but often very funny look at one woman's offbeat family and her attempts at discovering just what went wrong on the road to success. It is not, to be sure, Bridesmaids-style humor, and never reaches that blockbuster's belly laugh count. But the film doesn't lack for moments of inspired comedy, and I expect it to find an audience." In his review, Justin Chang from Variety felt that "an able cast, led by Kristen Wiig's prickly lead turn, saves this uneven, excessively quirky but ultimately ingratiating story Offering another sly snapshot of the filmmakers' native New York, a la The Nanny Diaries and The Extra Man this soft-bellied crowdpleaser should post modest numbers in specialty play and DVD/VOD rotation. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 20% rating based on 85 reviews with the site's consensus: "Largely witless and disappointingly dull, Girl Most Likely strands the gifted Kristen Wiig in a blandly hollow foray into scattershot sitcom territory."

llama5476 Spoiler is not in the first part. It is at the end of this review. It was somewhat amusing in places. I've heard people say Kristen Wiig is funny so I thought I'd give it a try. It was so all over the place. First she's in NYC, then a hospital, then she goes to Jersey, then back to NYC, the story is just so all over the place. There were too many characters and I didn't really care about them. I didn't like it, especially the end. It wasn't that funny either. I watched it on Netflix. I'd advise if you really want to see it, don't pay a lot for it.SPOILER-----------Don't read next part if you haven't seen it---------So she goes to see her dad and he offers to give her money and that's why she thinks he's a piece of ****? I just didn't buy that. Then all of a sudden she's happy with her mom. Too formulaic.I can't recommend it.

jwbrown3-939-210848 I do love a coming of age story - and this movie does not disappoint.I find it interesting that the characters in these kinds of stories are getting older. All those teenage coming of age stories of times past are making way for new life transition. In this case, it's a career meltdown for Imogene (Kristen Wiig) who is in her late thirties. It's not new to see Wiig playing an annoying, selfish character - but it's refreshing to see her play it "straight" rather than for cheap laughs. Annette Benning is wonderful as the mother and I really enjoyed Darren Criss's easy going nice-guy performance. A special mention goes to Christopher Fitzgerald for his heartwarming portrayal of brother Ralph. Thankfully this is no paint-by- numbers romcom. It's intelligent, funny, heartwarming and worth a watch.

SnoopyStyle Imogene (Kristen Wiig) is a failing writer with a dysfunctional family. She can't write anything good. She loses her job. And her boyfriend dumps her. What else can she do but to fake a suicide and call her boyfriend to rescue her? The problem is he never comes, and she gets put into the psych ward for the suicide attempt. Her irresponsible mother (Annette Bening) is put in charge of her for 72 hours. She is plunged back into her dysfunctional family and a secret is revealed.Imogene is not a fun character, and does way too many stupid things. It's kind of funny sometimes like trying to run away in the hospital. But other times, it's just stupid like stealing the library book. There is a couple of funny moments, but Imogene is too self destructive. It is a limited comedy with limited laughs. I love Kristen Wiig, but this is not a funny comedy. There are a lot of crazy characters in wacky situations, but it never gets hilarious.