Review: 'The Wrong Girls' is the summer's most gloriously stupid stoner comedy

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Set us as preferred “The Wrong Girls” is the right comedy if you want to unplug your brain and laugh.The first punchline doesn’t even have words.

It’s just two stoner roommates, Frankie (Kristen Stewart) and Molly (Alia Shawkat), ripping a mega-hit and coughing at each other.Finally, they speak in unison: “Jinx.” Frankie, a Stanford dropout, engineered the living room’s impressive “bong-a-tron.” Molly, a wannabe chef, bakes brownies spiked with pot and blue cheese.

(We’re assured they‘re delicious.) These screw-ups share everything: a taste in thrift store cat paintings, a chillaxed attitude toward overdue bills and a comfy inertia that’s kept them both stunted, frustrating Molly’s boyfriend Josh (a likable Zack Fox).In turn, possessive Frankie thinks Josh is a buzzkill.Soon, the insular twosome will share a mind, too, thanks to a telepathic drug they ingest like idiots, not that they have any gray matter to spare.

That’s not entirely fair.The friends aren’t dumb; they’ve just been baked for so long that acting dumb is a habit.

(Don’t worry, writer-director Dylan Meyer won’t force them to sober up.) Movies Kristen Stewart, Alia Shawkat and Dylan Meyer discuss ‘The Wrong Girls’ and the important things in life: weed, female friendship and cats.The plot is confidently stupid.A criminal courier (LaKeith Stanfield) mistakes Frankie for her more successful doppelganger Francis (also played by Stewart), saddling her with a briefcase that a trio of dangerous Danes are determined to steal back.

Thus, our heroes must peel themselves off from the couch and go on the run with their resentful felines Dio and GG bouncing along in backpacks.Voiced by Seth Rogen and Kumail Nanjiani, the pets have opinions their owners don’t want to hear.

“I’m pretty sure they’re the ones who gave us fleas,...