Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar, starring Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, is an unapologetically campy, absurdist romp that reminded me of something like a technicolor Young Frankenstein.
In the case of the Mel Brooks classic, though, the well-worn clichés of the classic horror genre provided the language of the comedy, whereas Barb & Star lampoons self-actualizing, woman-centric comedies, movies like Muriel's Wedding, and adds a healthy dose of the kinds of ridiculous comedies that were in theaters when the women were kids — Airplane!
comes to mind, though the jokes are less dependent on one-liners than on Wiig's signature character-driven work. Wiig (Star) and her comedy partner Mumolo (Barb) — the duo behind one of the funniest films of