Nisha Ganatra narrates a sequence from her film featuring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling. So I really wanted to place them at opposite ends of the table because one of the things that I was doing visually in the movie was kind of telling the audience that these two. "Late Night," directed by Nisha Ganatra (whose television credits are lengthy, including Kaling's The Mindy Project) is a feel-good movie - in the best Late-night TV is, notoriously, male-dominated, but in "Late Night" Kaling imagines a world where the King of Late Night is actually a Queen. Legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer.
Like Meryl Streep in that hit It's late night as a new vast wasteland and the movie makes black-comic sport of it. Thompson lets us feel Katherine's horror during an interview with a. Emma Thompson was great, and so was Mindy Kaling.
Late Night Review: Kaling & Thompson Are a Pleasant Comedy Duo. Late Night works as a gently funny (if somewhat toothless) dramedy, thanks to a The new movie from director Nisha Ganatra, Late Night premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival, and quickly generated buzz for being one. Find out what she's watching and get ideas for your next binge! Buy tickets for your worst enemy and send them to this movie. At heart, Late Night is a romcom and, like so many romcoms, the funny stuff recedes after the first act, as the plot and its relatability imperative gets into gear. Yet Kaling is very good at conveying the paradoxical misty-eyed idealism of those working for this long-running TV institution.
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Late Night movie reviews & Metacritic score: Legendary talk-show host Katherine Newberry (Emma Thompson) is a pioneer in her field. Late Night is one of those films you need on a rainy Sunday. It has a lot of heart, a voice, is funny but is also incredibly touching.
I like films that don't pander to an. It stars Emma Thompson as a popular TV host who hires a new writer (Kaling) to keep from getting replaced. With "Late Night" hitting theaters on Friday, it remains to be seen whether "Late Night" will be a box office hit. But it has largely struck a winning note That said, a single number can't adequately capture the range of critical response, and many of the reviews coded as "fresh" or "rotten" by the critic.