Here Today
Front Row Filmed Entertainment | Release Date: May 7, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
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Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
17
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
RogerEbert.comNell MinowMay 7, 2021
The easy chemistry between the characters reflects the real-life friendship of the two stars and it is clear to see that like Emma and Charlie, Haddish and Crystal get a kick out of each other. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMay 5, 2021
The laughs come at a rapid-fire pace, but the comedy sometimes veers into hokey, over-the-top set pieces. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesTara BradySep 3, 2021
At times, Here Today feels like looking at a tableau vivant or courtly fool antics. No matter: Crystal is still the jester to beat. Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanMay 5, 2021
What’s good about the movie is that Crystal, who co-wrote and directed it, has an inside knowledge of the showbiz comedy world (as he demonstrated in 1992 when he directed and starred in the acerbically accomplished “Mr. Saturday Night”), and the prickly vivacity with which he portrays it roots the movie in something real. Read full review
60
Screen RantRachel LaBonteMay 5, 2021
Here Today finds warmth in leads Crystal and Tiffany Haddish, which then allows it to push past some tricky tonal and pacing problems. Read full review
58
Original-CinJim SlotekAug 3, 2021
Here Today is the movie Crystal directs, a genial, monotone of good-heartedness that isn’t as funny as it wants to be or needs to be, but hits some truths about the subject of age and dementia, while maintaining its mild smile. Read full review
50
IndieWireDavid EhrlichMay 11, 2021
In a film where several of the major story beats fall somewhere between far-fetched and Tolkien-level fantasy, it’s impossible not to appreciate the raw human texture that Haddish brings to her under-written role. Read full review
50
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiMay 6, 2021
Crystal, for what it’s worth, stays genuine through the increasingly viscous plot. He still has that warmth beneath his zingers that you don’t find in the frigid comedians of today. Nonetheless, we resent his movie’s aggressive efforts to force us into crying with strained, untruthful moments by the bucketful. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshMay 6, 2021
It’s hard to pick apart a film that is as well-intentioned as Here Today, which earnestly wants to celebrate life, and every beautiful, tragic, poignant and surprising moment. But for a film that seeks to be so humanist, there’s only one truly human character in it. As likable as he is, that oversight is impossible to ignore. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMay 5, 2021
Here Today is a weird case — not mediocre, not lukewarm, but genuinely bad and good, cringe-worthy and moving. Take this as a recommendation, and a warning. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMay 5, 2021
Here Today doesn’t fully succeed in any department. But it does provide some alternately amusing and touching moments, thanks largely to the heartfelt performances by Crystal and his co-star Tiffany Haddish. Read full review
45
CNNBrian LowryMay 7, 2021
As thin star showcases go, it's an occasionally effective bit of comfort food, arriving as theaters reopen and served with a generous side of schmaltz. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeSep 5, 2021
It’s a film that sets out to tackle the impact of degenerative disease, but, barring a few moments of confusion and a forgotten name or two, is infuriatingly evasive when it comes to showing the realities of the condition. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 2, 2021
Any movie that helps us to talk about dementia is to be welcomed, and they are becoming more commonplace. But the pure treacliness of Here Today is very dispiriting and there are some tonal missteps. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreMay 11, 2021
While Here Today never works, there is a confessional quality to it that makes it intermittently interesting. It’s the movie equivalent of someone telling what they think is a funny anecdote, but that instead comes out as an inadvertent glimpse into their soul. Read full review
40
Rolling StoneK. Austin CollinsMay 7, 2021
The movie certainly has heart; its purpose is unmistakable. But the spark — for which it has all the necessary ingredients — is somehow missing. Read full review
40
ABC NewsPeter TraversMay 7, 2021
A dementia subplot torpedoes the laughs, leaving Tiffany Haddish and writer-director-star Billy Crystal adrift in a comedy fizzle that forgets to be funny. Read full review
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ScreenCrushMatt SingerMay 5, 2021
Here Today is too peculiar and heartfelt to be truly bad, and it does make an interesting companion piece to Mr. Saturday Night, with Crystal working through same issues from an older perspective. Together, they feel like the work of an artist baring their soul in a sometimes unpleasant way. Read full review
40
Screen DailyTim GriersonMay 5, 2021
This gentle comedy has some touching moments between Crystal and Tiffany Haddish, playing a struggling singer who befriends his character, but Here Today ultimately proves too saccharine and manipulative to elicit the tearjerking reaction it so strenuously strives to achieve. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 5, 2021
It flirts with “insipid,” and is about as funny as a teenager’s funeral. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloMay 5, 2021
A deadly combination of enfeebled comedy and maudlin melodrama. Read full review
25
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeMay 5, 2021
Here Today tries hard to be warm and witty and ultimately devastating and poignant, but it remains firmly in the mushy middle of sitcom sentiment, with lessons learned and hugs exchanged and an “aww” from the studio audience. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMay 6, 2021
A comedy afflicted with terminal unfunniness, Here Today, which is playing in theaters, may well be gone tomorrow. Read full review
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