Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar (2021)

It's fluffy, slapstick, and mildly profane, but we liked this comedy about two naive Nebraska women going on a Florida vacation and encountering an evil villain. Kristen Wiig plays Star as well as the villain Sharon and Annie Mumolo is Barb. Both have the comedy chops for this absurd story (which they co-wrote) that often breaks into high production-value musical numbers. There's a cast of dozens, many of whom you'll recognize.

Josh Greenbaum directs and the music by Christopher Lennertz and Dara Taylor (here's the Apple Music link) is supplemented by this list of songs. Trayce Gigi Field was nominated for a Costume Designers Guild Award for Contemporary Film for this show. And the colorful production design is thanks to Steve Saklad.

Wiig and Mumolo were last blogged for acting in Wonder Woman 1984 and Bad Moms, respectively, and both for co-writing Bridesmaids, Greenbaum for Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show, and Lennertz for Shaft.

This isn't Taylor's first rodeo, er, composing gig, but she's new to me. Field dressed the people for Casa de mi Padre, 114 episodes of Two Broke Girls, and twenty of Dead to Me, among others, while Saklad dressed the sets for Juno (2007), Up in the Air, The Muppets, and more.

There's a bonus scene at the end so don't turn off your TV right away.

Rotten Tomatoes' critics enjoyed the view, averaging 80%, while its audiences were a little lukewarm at 61.

We watched it on Hulu on July 16.