Comedians make versatile dramatic actors. Their dark spirits rarely glow like a movie star and bold choices subvert expectations hammered in by their career history. Like Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine and The Truman Show, Kristen Wiig is becoming the most capable of her peers, translating her off-beat comedic presence into vulnerability.
Corrosive behavior in Friends with Kids, Girl Most Likely's drifting housewife, a romantic lead for Ben Stiller in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and her most complex character yet, a carnal, misguided, empathetic twin sister in the upcoming Skeleton Twins.
Hateship Loveship notices that potential in Wiig without ever nurturing it to a compelling angle. It's a quirky indie dramedy in all the worst ways. So many smart choices, meandering to a nothing conclusion.
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