Kristen Wiig

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By | January 01, 0001

In Bridesmaids, Kristen's women act like women

Wiig-ed out
Diehard fans of Saturday Night Live took heart when Kristen Wiig appeared in the cast in 2005.
By PETER KEOUGH | May 18, 2011

Review: Bridesmaids

Wedding crasher
A scene in which a couple screw their hearts out might not raise an eyebrow in a European art film, but as the opening of a romantic comedy from a Hollywood studio, it gets your attention.
By PETER KEOUGH | May 12, 2011

By | January 01, 0001

Review: Despicable Me

Grand theft: the kids are all right
First-time directors Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin and the other filmmakers behind this slight but engaging kids' animated comedy have no ambitions to be original, but like their villainous hero, Gru (voiced by a borscht-accented Steve Carell), they insist on stealing only from the best.
By PETER KEOUGH | July 09, 2010

Review: MacGruber

Sick fun
From one of Saturday Night Live ’s lamest recurring sketches comes one of its funniest spinoffs.
By BETSY SHERMAN | May 28, 2010

Rocket Redux

Recalling Charlie’s F-bomb. Plus, ACORN-bashing, and BIG LOST
In case you missed it, comedian Jenny Slate, a new cast member of the still-atrophying Saturday Night Live, caused a stir by saying “fuck” on the September 26 show in a biker chicks sketch with Kristen Wiig.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | September 30, 2009

Review: Whip It

Drew Barrymore's directorial debut falls flat
Add a dash of the sad beauty contests and kooky, dysfunctional family of Little Miss Sunshine to a helping of the bogus hipness and overexposed star of Juno and whip it good and you get an idea of why Drew Barrymore's directorial debut falls flat as a sappy soufflé.
By PETER KEOUGH | September 30, 2009

Review: Extract

Mike Judge goes back to work
I'm hard-pressed to say, though, whether Extract is a significant leap forward for Judge in terms of story or just not as funny as his earlier work.
By MARK BAZER | September 02, 2009

Review: Adventureland

Greg Mottola faces growing pains
Could the revival of the "Portrait of the Auteur As a Young Man" genre signal a new era of auteurship in Hollywood? Maybe, but Mottola, for one, hasn't quite reached that point.
By PETER KEOUGH | April 02, 2009