Kristen Wiig plays a woman with borderline personality syndrome who wins $86 million in the lottery. A big fan of Oprah and late night infomercials, she hooks up with some TV people (Wes Bentley, James Marsden, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Joan Cusack) to produce her own show, which will be an in depth explanation of her own life. The set-up is pretty great, and there are a lot of funny scenes. Unfortunately, it never really seems to go anywhere. Fortunately, Wiig is so good in it it's well worth watching (and it runs under 90 minutes). There's little doubt at this point that Wiig is one of the best actresses around nowadays, and she perfectly skirts the line between comedy and tragedy here. Much of the rest of the cast is wasted. There's no reason Jennifer Jason Leigh is even in the film, for instance (they could have combined her character with Cusack's and saved a few bucks). Linda Cardellini, Tim Robbins and Alan Tudyk also co-star.
Review of Welcome to Me
