Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

A pair of best friends find themselves in over their heads. More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Josh Greenbaum

Release Date:

Feb 12, 2021

Synopsis

A pair of best friends find themselves in over their heads.

Cast

Kristen Wiig
Annie Mumolo
Jamie Dornan
Damon Wayans Jr.
Tom Lenk

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.5

RATINGS 1.1K FANS

3.5

Feb 9, 2021

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar isn’t a movie, it’s a wavelength. You either get on it or you don’t. I’m sure some viewers will complain that Barb and Star are so quirky and chipper that they’re annoying, or that the film’s comedy is too bizarre and random. Take my advice:…

3.6K Likes

Matt Singer

Feb 11, 2021

This is like a Muppet movie, but all the Muppets are played by humans. It’s so deliriously silly. Sure to become a cult classic.

3.5K Likes

Chris Evangelista

Jan 14, 2022

this should be taught in film school

2.5K Likes

Karsten
Feb 14, 2021

SEAGULLS IN THE SAND CAN YOU HEAR MY PRAYER

2.2K Likes

Ella Kemp

Feb 17, 2021

you’re in room 611?? omg we’re in 124

2.0K Likes

Merkin Muffley

Feb 12, 2021

If I were a member of Talking Club I would start talking about this movie even if it wasn't one of the selected topics and I would get kicked out of Talking Club but it would be worth it

1.4K Likes

Patrick Willems
Jan 30, 2022

Even funnier the second time around! Watched this because Kristen Stewart said she loved it, but Cheyenne went in blind not knowing a single thing. I’ve never heard her laugh so consistently, or express joyful confusion so immediately. The store name “Jennifer Convertibles”…

1.3K Likes

demi adejuyigbe

Feb 14, 2021

when will barb and star get the criterion release that they deserve

1.3K Likes

˗ˏˋ suspirliam ˊˎ˗

Feb 13, 2021

jamie dornan’s musical number giving me zac efron singing “bet on it” in hsm2 vibes, which is to say, a masterpiece

1.2K Likes

Laura

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Marny liked

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

I was a little hesitant but overall I found it hilarious and well done. Scenes with awkward silence are so funny and it’s rarely done well enough to where I actually lol but thankfully they got me. It took me a moment to realize the villain was Kristen Wiig 😂 Would def watch again!!

🔥 1 1Y

Arron Anastasia liked

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

I feel like this movie is severely underrated. It’s absolutely hilarious. Any movie that can get my mom to laugh the way she did deserves a watch. Would recommend 7/10

🔥 1 3Y

McAuley Duckworth loved

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

So dumb but one of the funniest movies I’ve seen in recent times

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Hunter loved

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Best described as a surreal queer-coded Austin Powers

1 3Y

Whoppa Birthday loved

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

This movie is the epitome of “hidden gem”. The premise is completely unique, the cast is incredible, and everything feels like a complete fever dream. It’s a hard movie to sell but it’s also hard not to fall in love with Barb and Star. 🍌🛶

2Y

grace loved

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

loved this! it was an entertaining, simple comedy that makes fun of a lot of tropes but was still unique with its characters and style. i will probably watch this again many, many times

1Y
KK in the Fort is "meh" on

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

That was the weirdest trainwreck I’ve ever seen. I couldn’t look away. I have no idea what I just watched. In my defence., I am running a fever.

1Y

Emme liked

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

The most random, stupidest, fever dream movie I’ve ever seen. Was hilarious and somehow enjoyable though. I can’t believe it’s a real movie.

1Y

Mickerdoo is "meh" on

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

A little too silly and out of left field for me. Felt hokey at the expense of a story. Would rather the humor be built around the story.

2Y

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Metacritic

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Based on 31 Critics

6.2

USER SCORE (59)

Generally favorable reviews based on 59 Reviews

Feb 25, 2021

The goal here was to be absurdist, relentless and light. Well, Barb Star is light — so light it floats off and vaporizes.

Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Feb 11, 2021

The comedy doesn’t build so much as it drones on, understated in form but preposterous in content. It wins us over not so much through belly laughs but by making us feel like we’re privy to a wonderfully bizarre in-joke.

Bilge Ebiri

New York Magazine (Vulture)

Feb 11, 2021

The funny bits drift past their payoff, the pace flags (88 minute movie stretched out to 107) and the light, tongue-in-cheek tone, the riffing banter between the leads isn’t enough to save it.

Roger Moore

Movie Nation

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