Late Night
2019 · Movie · R · 102 min · ★ 6.4 · 75% critics
A long-running late-night host faces slipping ratings and growing pressure to change, so she brings a new voice into her all-male writers’ room. As the two clash over comedy, workplace culture, and what audiences want now, they’re pushed to rethink their assumptions and find common ground through sharp jokes and hard truths.
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-01-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (876 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a smart, feel-good workplace comedy-drama about reinvention and representation, with sharp banter and heart; Not for you if you need nonstop big laughs or hate message-forward stories like Primary Colors.
Pros: strong lead performances; witty workplace setup; timely social themes | Cons: uneven laughs; predictable story beats; some clichés
Themes
- talk show
- show business
- honesty
- tv ratings
- new job
- woman director
- change of plan
- parkinson's disease
- long term relationship
- publicist
- replacement
- late-night show
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Emma Thompson
as Katherine Newbury
Mindy Kaling
as Molly Patel
Max Casella
as Burditt
Hugh Dancy
as Charlie Fain
Denis O'Hare
as Brad
Reid Scott
as Tom Campbell
Amy Ryan
as Caroline Morton
Paul Walter Hauser
as Mancusco
John Early
as Reynolds
John Lithgow
as Walter Lovell
Directed by Nisha Ganatra