BARB & STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
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TEN years ago, actors and comedians Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig delighted audiences with their uproarious, filthy-minded script for Bridesmaids.
They were subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
The good friends collaborate once more on the page for a colourful road movie, timed for release just before Valentine’s Day in which they also play the title characters.
Barb (Mumolo) and Star (Wiig) are unerringly cheerful best friends, who live in the sleepy Midwestern town of Taylorsville. They proudly host gettogethers with neighbours, serving their famous hot dog soup to guests.
For the first time in their lives, Barb and Star leave their close-knit community to visit the sun-kissed resort of Vista Del Mar in Florida.
Far from home, the two women cross paths with handsome stranger Edgar (Jamie Dornan) as they stoke smouldering embers of romance and become entangled in a dastardly plot.
■ Released: February 12 (available via Premium Video On Demand rental for 48 hours on all major platforms)