Best Actress 2013: Kristen Wiig, Girl Most Likely

Formerly known as Imogene, Kristen Wiig's film is one of the few holdovers from TIFF that may be considered for Best Actress 2013. The title change and the July 19th release delay via Lionsgate doesn't inspire much confidence.  Wiig plays a playwright who stages a suicide in order to win back her boyfriend only to be place in the custody of her gambling addict mother, played by Annette Bening.  It filmed in New York two years ago from a script by Michelle Morgan, directed by the team of Shari Spring Berman and Robert Pulcini (American Splendor, The Nanny Diaries, Cinema Verite).  Collider found no chemistry between Wiig and her costar Darren Criss and thought that the movie was a weird mess of a thing.  Screen Daily: "Wiig does what she can in the part, but Michelle Morgan’s screenplay rarely crackles, which leaves Wiig falling back on her comedic bag of tricks that worked well during her celebrated run on Saturday Night Live but have started to feel overused."  Indie Wire: "But there is Kristen Wiig, and she once again proves her value. Whether smuggling a library book under her old phys ed shirt or weeping in the rain on a broken chair, she is adorable, heartfelt and smart."  THR: "This whole first part is smart and brassy, sparkling with Wiig’s inventive self-assertion."

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