VOL. I · NO. 8565THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2026
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The Wrong Girls review – Kristen Stewart fumbles through forgettable stoner comedy

Filed 1w ago · Via The Guardian · The Buffoon Desk
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Kevin MacLeod · incompetech.com · CC BY 4.0

The Wrong Girls, directed by Dylan Meyer, follows stoner roommates Molly (Alia Shawkat) and Frankie (Kristen Stewart) who acquire a briefcase of experimental drugs and telekinetic powers after Frankie is mistaken for a lookalike at a punk show.

The pair are then chased across Los Angeles by people who want the briefcase back, aided or hindered by cats voiced by Seth Rogen and Kumail Nanjiani and a mad scientist played by Kate McKinnon.

The review credits striking underwater-fantasy visuals from cinematographer Todd Banhazl but says the jokes land a mile off and the plot thins out well before the 99-minute runtime ends.

Neon, the distributor behind Parasite and Anora, is giving the film a nationwide US theatrical rollout starting August 14, with UK and Australia dates still pending.

The full dispatch is available from the source below.

✒ FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK
A distributor with Palme d'Or pedigree rolling out a movie built around a device called the bong-o-tron is either admirable range or a sign the arthouse well is running dry. Either way, putting real theatrical muscle behind a film whose review keeps reaching for the word 'thin' suggests confidence outpaced the script. Audiences, per the review's own framing, may just wait for the couch.
Source: Read the original at The Guardian → Scored: Parisian · Kevin MacLeod · CC BY 4.0
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