Welcome to Me

R

Released May 1, 2015

1 hr. 26 min.

Comedy

Drama

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73%

111 Reviews

Tomatometer

46%

10,000+ Ratings

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A mentally unbalanced lottery winner (Kristen Wiig) goes off her medication, buys a talk show and uses it as a platform to broadcast her bizarre opinions on a wide variety of topics.

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Critics Consensus

A transfixing central performance by Kristen Wiig performance holds Welcome to Me together and compensates for its uneven stretches.

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Darcy F

This movie is brilliant. A hidden gem of a comedic masterpiece. The audience score on this is out to lunch. If you have half a brain you will love this movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/27/24

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Casey O

It's a very authentic portrayal of a mental health struggle that manages to be funny at the same time. A strong commentary on our culture's relationship to mental health struggles and our willingness to be entertained/cheer on someone's downward spiral.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/19/24

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Steve D

An aimless film with nothing to say.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/06/24

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Jon Z

Amazing performance high art

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/18/23

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Alec B

The ending is far too neat and tidy for a comedy that's determined to make it's audience as uncomfortable as humanly possible, but it's still worth seeing for Wiig's excellent work.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/13/23

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Dave S

For a variety of reasons, watching a movie that focuses its sights on mental illness is never an easy thing to do. Such is the case with Welcome to Me, the story of Alice Klieg (Kristen Wiig), a bi-polar woman who wins $86 million in a state lottery. Obsessed with Oprah Winfrey, she uses her winnings to fund her own television show, where the subject, day in and day out, is Alice Krieg. Wiig gives what may be her finest (and certainly her most quirky) performance as the distressed protagonist, a woman obsessed with her own fame while ignoring the needs of those around her. Despite the interesting premise, things do tend to become predictable, and it is only a matter of time before you wind up exactly where you expected to be when the credits begin to roll.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/28/23

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Shira Piven

Director

Kristen Wiig

Alice Klieg

Wes Bentley

Gabe Ruskin

Linda Cardellini

Gina Selway

Joan Cusack

Dawn Hurley

Loretta Devine

Barb Vaughn

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Candice Frederick

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While she doesn't really humanize Alice, Wiig delivers an impressive blend of awkwardness, humor and pathos that elevates the story, even though it isn't enough to mask its flaws.

Rated: D+

Sep 1, 2017

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Wiig's depiction of a woman whose stories are apt to end with the declaration "then I went off my meds" is as disquieting as it is scarily accurate.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 28, 2016

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

Whatever the state of your mental health, you'll want to follow Alice down the rabbit hole.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 27, 2016

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

It's that really well planned gag or stunt that can't match the real thing because it's been too manufactured to where the unpredictability is taken away or feels forced.

Rated: 1/5

Jun 26, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Wiig delivers a sensational performance in a film that deserves comparisons to uneasily funny titles like The King of Comedy and Being There, and perhaps like those films, it will only improve with age, reassessment, and time for clarity.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 21, 2022

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Olly Richards

NME (New Musical Express)

Ultimately, it's like Alice herself: confused by what it wants to be.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 8, 2021

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Synopsis

A mentally unbalanced lottery winner (Kristen Wiig) goes off her medication, buys a talk show and uses it as a platform to broadcast her bizarre opinions on a wide variety of topics.

Director: Shira Piven
Executive Producer: Robyn Wholey, Burton Ritchie, Keith Kjarval, Brad Grenier, John Raymonds, Jeff Rice
Screenwriter: Eliot Laurence
Distributor: Alchemy
Production Co: BRON Studios, Gary Sanchez Productions
Rating: R (Language|Brief Drug Use|Sexual Content|Some Graphic Nudity)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 1, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $625.7K

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