Girl Most Likely (2012)

A failed New York playwright awkwardly navigates the transition from Next Big Thing to Last Year's News.

Directors:

Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini

Writer:

Michelle Morgan

Stars:

Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening, Matt Dillon

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kristen Wiig	...	Imogene
Annette Bening	...	Zelda
Matt Dillon	...	George / The Bousche
Darren Criss	...	Lee
Christopher Fitzgerald	...	Ralph
June Diane Raphael	...	Dara
Natasha Lyonne	...	Allyson
Bob Balaban	...	Maxwell
Sydney Lucas	...	Little Imogene
Jimmy Palumbo	...	Doorman Joe
Michelle Morgan	...	Georgina
Mickey Sumner	...	Hannah
Elizabeth Inghram	...	Sloane
Brian Petsos	...	Peter Van Woodsen
Murray Bartlett	...	James Whitney

Storyline

Kristen Wiig stars as Imogene, a failed New York playwright awkwardly navigating the transition from Next Big Thing to Last Year's News. After both her career and relationship hit the skids, she's forced to make the humiliating move back home to New Jersey with her eccentric mother and younger brother (Annette Bening and Christopher Fitzgerald). Adding further insult to injury, there's a strange man sleeping in her old bedroom (Darren Criss) and an even stranger man sleeping in her mother's bed (Matt Dillon). Through it all, Imogene eventually realizes that as part of her rebuilding process she must finally come to love and accept both her family and her Jersey roots if she's ever going to be stable enough to get the hell away from them.

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Plot Keywords:

playwright | fired from a job | failed writer | man child | mother daughter relationship | 

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Taglines:

She has a lot to live up to. And a few things to live down.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Romanian

Release Date:

18 July 2013 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Imogene

Filming Locations:

Ocean City, New Jersey, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$694,477 (USA) (19 July 2013)

Gross:

$1,378,426 (USA) (6 September 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Maven Pictures, Anonymous Content, Ambush Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Padma Lakshmi is spotted at the book launch party.

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Goofs

When Imogene is returning home with her mother, they pass a sign welcoming visitors to Ocean City while concrete dividers are shown in the center of the roadway behind them. No entrance to Ocean City has concrete dividers (nor any roadways within).

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Quotes

Libby: What about your family?
Imogene: Uhhm, I grew up in the Atlantic City area, near the beach, so...
Libby: Then every day was like summer, right?
Imogene: No, every day was not like summer; every day was like being impaled with a blunt wooden object, over and over again.
Libby: Anyway...

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Connections

References The Joy Behar Show (2009)

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Soundtracks

Tin Man
Written by Dewey Bunnell
Performed by America

User Reviews

Great cast and funny ladies

Other than "The Heat," there haven't been that many movies this summer that are actually about women. Kristen Wiig and Annette Bening are at the top of their came in this movie, and it's such a pleasure to just watch funny ladies being funny.

It's one of those movies about a quirky family, but with enough fresh elements to make it work. The best thing about the film is the top-notch cast. Darren Criss is utterly charming in his first big-screen role, which is no small task considering that his character works as a Backstreet Boy impersonator. This guy is obviously going places.

It's definitely worth checking out, on DVD if you can't find it in a theater.