Here Today starts with Charlie Burnz (Crystal) meeting Emma Payge (Haddish) at a lunch. The lunch was set up as a charity auction, as Burnz writes comedy for famous movies, plays and TV shows. Over the course of the movie we watch their relationship grow from strangers to very close friends. Burnz is hiding a secret from everybody that he is able to let Payge in on.
The first half of the movie feels very improvisational and suffers for it. I'm not generally a fan of Tiffany Haddish, I find her overly loud and obnoxious. That is exactly how the first half of the movie plays out and I was regretting having it on. There seems to be zero chemistry between the actors and they're going through the script.
Fortunately, the second half starts to redeem the movie as the main story starts coming through, and the drama starts playing out. Haddish dials it down more than I knew she could and is actually very convincing in the role. It helps draw the viewer into the movie.
The secondary actors of this movie are all over the place. The people Charlie works with at an SNL style show all carry their roles off with aplomb. Being with them at the show, the movie works. Unfortunately the two actors playing Burnz kids are not as good. The daughter specifically was cringey.
The music also grew grating by the end of the movie. Every time you could hear it, it just didn't work with the movie.
At almost 2 hrs, I'm not sure it's fully worth the time it asks of you.
The first half of the movie feels very improvisational and suffers for it. I'm not generally a fan of Tiffany Haddish, I find her overly loud and obnoxious. That is exactly how the first half of the movie plays out and I was regretting having it on. There seems to be zero chemistry between the actors and they're going through the script.
Fortunately, the second half starts to redeem the movie as the main story starts coming through, and the drama starts playing out. Haddish dials it down more than I knew she could and is actually very convincing in the role. It helps draw the viewer into the movie.
The secondary actors of this movie are all over the place. The people Charlie works with at an SNL style show all carry their roles off with aplomb. Being with them at the show, the movie works. Unfortunately the two actors playing Burnz kids are not as good. The daughter specifically was cringey.
The music also grew grating by the end of the movie. Every time you could hear it, it just didn't work with the movie.
At almost 2 hrs, I'm not sure it's fully worth the time it asks of you.
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