The film revolves around a girl who gets the Mega-Millions lottery, during which time she decided to immediately resign from her psychiatrist and buy her talk show that she is dealing with. This girl tried to take on her experience inspired by the immortal opera, where she decided to broadcast her dirty clothes as a form of arousal and a platform to share different points of view.
Wiig delivers a standout performance that manages to make Alice at once interesting, humorous, irritating and infuriating, but always successfully stops just short of making her an object of ridicule.
There's dark comedy, and then there's take-no-prisoners, dare-you-to-keep-looking dark comedy. Kristen Wiig's "Welcome to Me" falls decidedly in the latter category, making us laugh but feel deeply unsettled about doing so.
It's a tricky business playing someone who is mentally ill and perhaps should be confined for observation, especially in a dark comedy. Wiig manages to make Alice funny as hell, endearing, sad and sometimes a little frightening.
Movie Talk
May 15, 2016
A funny and touching Kristen Wiig walks an acting tightrope in this dark comedy.
There's not much plot here and very little in the way of character development. Alice is defined by her disorder and the screenplay isn't interested in delving into her life and relationships.
