Review Late Night (2019)

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A late-night talk show host suspects that she may soon be losing her long-running show.

 

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Originally set to be a Paul Feig directorial effort until his commitments to the upcoming “Last Christmas” got in the way, both that film and this have managed to snag Emma Thompson for key roles. This one tells the story of a Letterman-esque long-running late night talk show host who hires a female head writer (Mindy Kaling) to revitalize her fading show. “Transparent” episode helmer Nisha Ganatra tackles the picture which offers a welcome gender-switched take on the overly male-dominated late night talk show scene. John Lithgow, Hugh Dancy and Amy Ryan co-star in the film which will premiere at Sundance.

 

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Amazon Studios has set a June 7th release date for the Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling-led comedy “Late Night” following a major launch at Sundance, Nisha Ganatra helms the film about a ‘diversity hire’ in a late-night talk show writer’s room. John Lithgow, Max Casella, Hugh Dancy, Denis O’Hare, Reid Scott, Ike Barinholtz, John Early, Paul Walter Hauser, and Amy Ryan co-star.

 

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Late Night (2019) ⭐ 6.5 | Comedy, Drama

1h 42m | R

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Late Night reviewed by Mark Kermode