Review of Girl Most Likely

GIRL MOST LIKELY (2013) ** Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening, Matt Dillon, Darren Criss, Christopher Fitzgerald, June Diane Raphael, Natasha Lyonne, Bob Balaban, Patricia Kalember (Cameos as themselves: Julia Stiles, Andrea Martin, Whit Stillman) Disappointing comedy vehicle for Wiig as a recently jilted and terminated failed NYC playwright whose half-hearted suicide attempt lands her back with her dysfunctional New Jersey family including her embarrassing mother (Bening attempting to have some fun here) and borderline autistic brother (Fitzgerald) as she attempts to regain her ex and ex-life's potentials. While Michelle Morgan's uneven screenplay (jaded dark comedy; parable about how family really matters) the true fault is within tag-team directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini who let their star flounder instead of shining lights upon her comedic skills (and wasting others' like Dillon's carbon copy from THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY). A few laughs when there should be many.