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“The Wrong Girls” Film Details
- Director(s): Dylan Meyer
- Writer(s): Dylan Meyer
- Runtime: 1 Hour(s) and 40 Minutes
- Public Release Date (In Theaters): August 14, 2026
- Genre(s): Comedy, Crime, Drama, Young Adult
- Content Rating: Rated R
- Primary Language: English
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Movie Summary
Frankie and Molly have been best friends for years, and they currently live together, smoke together, and struggle together. The struggle, though, is leading to the need to make some potentially life-altering decisions, as they are two weeks late on rent, and they may get evicted soon. Which, with Frankie delivering packages and Molly doing work-from-home gigs, getting money quickly isn’t really an option.
That is until a mysterious briefcase is given to Frankie, due to mistaken identity, and with these psychedelic drugs inside, it seems Frankie and Molly have something to sell which should at least cover the rent. But with Europeans after them for it, and the people who should have never given it to Frankie, it seems their initial problem has just become exponentially worse.
Cast and Characters
Frankie (Kristen Stewart)
- Character Summary: Frankie is a college dropout who is a rather good problem solver and inventor. However, she has the bad habit of quitting when things get too hard, and that has long held her back.
Molly (Alia Shawkat)
- Character Summary: Molly does spreadsheets and reports by day and loves to cook in her spare time.
Review and Commentary
Highlight(s)
Leads Dynamic Is Likable [82/100]
When it comes to The Wrong Girls, it would be fair to ask, do you like Frankie and Molly as characters, or because said characters are firmly within the wheelhouse of Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat? For they aren’t necessarily playing drastically against type.
Frankie is queer coded, constantly seems over the situation she is in, and seems like an embellishment of Stewart’s known screen persona. Molly? For those who only know Shawkat for her biggest projects, like Arrested Development, Molly doesn’t feel like a stretch.
Now, is this the worst thing? No. However, it does make it so that if you aren’t a fan of the actress, there isn’t really anything to fall back on, for the movie lives or dies by how much you enjoy their personality. Similar to Will Smith, Tom Cruise, and many of their male peers.
On The Fence
Heavy On The Stoner, Light On The Comedy [73/100]
While names like “Seth Rogen” are part of this film, unlike the movies he stars in, this isn’t a stoner comedy where you are at least laughing every other scene. You can see certain moments or characters are supposed to be funny, maybe specific lines, but they often fall flat.
This includes when Kate McKinnon is on screen; for, like Stewart and Shawkat, you have to be into their persona, their shtick, to enjoy their performance. So even with McKinnon playing a slightly out-there scientist, with a handful of neurosis, it may not hit unless you like the type of characters she is drawn to. Because it could be suggested that no one is being challenged to be or go beyond what they are known for in The Wrong Girls.
Overall
Our Rating (78/100): Mixed (Divisive)
The Wrong Girls is ultimately driven by the names and personas of the actors rather than anything the story or characters within could give the audience. For with highly subjective comedy, minimal ability to get lost in the characters, and the sense that the leads weren’t challenged or their characters weren’t written to really tap into their strengths? The film ultimately is for the fans of the actors who are committed and willing to see anything with their name attached.
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