Emma Thompson stars as a late-night talk show host at risk of losing her long-running show in this comedy written...
Emma Thompson stars as a late-night talk show host at risk of losing her long-running show in this comedy written by Mindy Kaling (The Office), who also co-stars as the show's new writer.
Legendary late-night talk show host Katherine Newbury's (Thompson) world is turned upside down when she hires her first female staff writer. Originally intended to address workplace diversity concerns, her decision backfires as the two women separated by culture and a generation are united by their love of comedy.
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80 %301 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
77 %2,801 reviewsAudience score rating
"Cleverly skewering the whims of pop culture, casual racism and systemic sexism with a big grin, Late Night keeps the audience on side, landing political points and punchlines with equal aplomb."
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Flicks
Flicks"Enough entertaining moments and on-point humour to make Late Night worth an evening out to see."
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Stuff
Stuff"It's telling that The Devil Wears Prada, the closest thematic comparison to Kaling's scenario, feels more fearless and timely, even though it's 13 years old."
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Time Out
Time Out"What makes Late Night - otherwise a largely predictable story in a familiar mold - really pop is Kaling's script, which is at the blunter and frankly more exciting spectrum of what Kaling has proven herself to be capable of in her writing career thus far."
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Vulture
Vulture"With her declarative snap and ability to go for the jugular, Thompson truly seems like a born talk-show host. Even when she's just riffing, she grounds "Late Night" in something real."
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Variety
Variety"Director Nisha Ganatra doesn't do much visually but she adroitly works around Kaling's stand-and-deliver acting and gives Thompson the room she needs to turn a cliché into a striking character."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"It's such a thorough, and thoroughly winning, performance that I was left wondering why Emma Thompson hasn't been the star of every other movie for the last 25 years."
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Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair"An amusing conventional comedy about two women's struggles in late night TV."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"What makes Late Night - otherwise a largely predictable story in a familiar mold - really pop is Kaling's script, which is at the blunter and frankly more exciting spectrum of what Kaling has proven herself to be capable of in her writing career thus far."
—Vulture
Vulture"With her declarative snap and ability to go for the jugular, Thompson truly seems like a born talk-show host. Even when she's just riffing, she grounds "Late Night" in something real."
—Variety
Variety"It's such a thorough, and thoroughly winning, performance that I was left wondering why Emma Thompson hasn't been the star of every other movie for the last 25 years."
—Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair"It's telling that The Devil Wears Prada, the closest thematic comparison to Kaling's scenario, feels more fearless and timely, even though it's 13 years old."
—Time Out
Time Out"The director Nisha Ganatra doesn't do much visually but she adroitly works around Kaling's stand-and-deliver acting and gives Thompson the room she needs to turn a cliché into a striking character."
—The New York Times
The New York Times"While Late Night wants to be loved, instead it will have to settle for being liked."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"An amusing conventional comedy about two women's struggles in late night TV."
—Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterLate Night | Details
- Rating
- M, Coarse language and sexual references
- Runtime
- 102
- Genre
- Comedy
- Country of origin
- USA
