TL;DR – It has strong characters, a great story, and some of the best laughs so far this year while still having substance behind it.
Score – 4 out of 5 stars
Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene
Review –
Well, 2019 has not been the best year for comedy, with very few films getting
that double goal of being both funny but also having some substance to it.
However, when I walked into Late Night
I was more than a little optimistic about its prospects. That is because the
writer and star Mindy Kaling is an amazing comedian and Emma Thompson is always
bringing her A-game. Well, as I walked out it was nice to realise that I was
able to get at least something right this year.
So to set the scene, Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) is the first-ever female
host of a late-night talk show and has been a mainstay of the late-night world
for decades. She has won multiple Emmys and awards but the show has stagnated
over the last couple of years and her new boss Caroline Morton (Amy Ryan) is
looking to shake things up with a replacement host. Meanwhile, Molly Patel (Mindy
Kaling) works at a chemical plant and uses the plant’s connections to interview
for a job she has always wanted as a writer at a late-night comedy show. Her
interview went poorly, but Katherine now needs to shake things up and well this
might be it.
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