Late Night
Entertainment One | Release Date: June 7, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
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Generally favorable reviews based on 46 Critic Reviews
Positive:
31
Mixed:
14
Negative:
1
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60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeJun 18, 2019
The lack of diversity in entertainment is an open goal, long overdue for a skewering. But rather than kicking over the traces of the patriarchal establishment, the film ends up just giving it a playful tickle. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghJun 13, 2019
It’s ironic that a film about bucking formula is itself so formulaic. There’s nothing wrong with such inoffensive pleasantness, but if Late Night wants to advocate setting fire to the system in pursuit of more meaningful art, it should have led the charge. Read full review
60
CNNBrian LowryJun 7, 2019
There's a good movie to be made about a woman wading into late-night TV's headwinds -- both in front of and behind the curtain. Despite solid moments, Late Night isn't consistently it. Read full review
60
SlateInkoo KangJun 5, 2019
Late Night suggests that Kaling is as fascinated as ever not by the girl next door but by powerful, unruly women — and the unconventional love stories befitting their willful, idiosyncratic selves. But the film may be most notable for its summation of the thinking and rethinking that Kaling has done about her 15 years in Hollywood — and how to fight to change it. Read full review
60
EmpireBen TravisJun 3, 2019
Late Night is sharply written and warmly enjoyable, with Kaling and Thompson on endearing form. But a few extra knock-out gags and a clearer focus would really help it in the ratings. Read full review
60
Time OutTomris LafflyFeb 3, 2019
The most radical observation Late Night makes concerns the extreme maleness of showbiz that turns women into rivals. But the film brushes over this insight and ultimately falls short of even its more modest intentions. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeFeb 1, 2019
Arguably the film’s biggest problem is that it’s less laugh-out-loud hilarious and more deserving of the odd casual smirk. Read full review
58
Original-CinKaren GordonJun 13, 2019
Late Night is a light-hearted comedy with something to say and an excellent cast, that is unfortunately hobbled by a storyline that doesn’t quite add up. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerJun 3, 2019
Late Night is admirably eager to address the messy problems of the comedy world, but it ultimately can’t stop cleaning up after itself. Read full review
50
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenOct 3, 2019
The real problem, however, is that neither Molly, nor Newbury, nor anyone on her staff is very funny. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 15, 2019
There are laughs, here and there, and bursts of fun. But picking over one’s notes and picking apart a picture which offers no real third act surprises (Well, Seth Meyers shows up.) and not an over-abundance of laughs one is left grasping at the depressingly obvious moral to the tale. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Angelica Jade BastienJun 13, 2019
Even the film’s most charming character work is undone by the stale jokes that populate its script. Read full review
50
The Film StageDan MeccaFeb 1, 2019
When Thompson and Kaling are playing off each other, Late Night sings. That so much of it is focused elsewhere feels like a miscalculation. Read full review
40
Screen DailyAnthony KaufmanFeb 1, 2019
Thompson delivers a memorable performance as the abrasive “cold witch,” as someone describes her, perhaps even outdoing Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wars Prada as a delightfully wicked woman of power. Read full review
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