Girl Most Likely - C+

Rated PG-13, 103 minutes

Wiig the best thing about the uneven but fun "Girl Most Likely"

Kristen Wiig

Eccentricity is worn like a badge of honor in the familiar, sitcom-y new comedy "Girl Most Likely," starring Kristen Wiig, a talented actress in need of a better script. Wiig plays Imogene, a New York City magazine writer who fakes a suicide after a bad breakup. She is sent to live with her slightly weird but loving mother Zelda (Annette Bening), her social outcast younger brother Ralph (Christopher Fitzgerald), her Mom's secretive live-in boyfriend "The Boush" (Matt Dillon) and a young live-in singer (Darren Criss) where she has to try to find herself again. The charming but excessively quirky "Girl Most Likely," directed by Shari Stringer Berman and Robert Pulcini, the team behind the acclaimed "American Splendor," falls under the weight of its own oddball likability and predictability. It seems to be taking some clues from Wiig's own "Bridesmaids," as this character isn't much different from that one in her efforts to find her footing. Granted, without Wiig, this might be a total failure, and the film works best when it rests on her natural allure and intelligence, in addition to her fun chemistry with Bening, who exudes an appealing, cougarish sexuality and whose role seems intentionally secondary in order not to completely steal the movie. The rambling plot, which has Wiig find her way through uneven searches for her father and falling in love again, could easily be the pilot for a TV sitcom starring an actress who's not nearly as funny as Wiig, who brings a touching, almost pensive humanity to the role while still making you laugh. The effusive but unmemorable "Girl Most Likely" is peppered with a few fun moments, but unless you're a huge Wiig fan, you may find something more satisfying.

Wes's Grade: C+