Late Night

They’re giving comedy a rewrite.

In this variant on the “A Star is Born” theme, we kick of with a pioneer and legendary female host on the late-night talk-show circuit. When she’s accused of being a woman who hates women, she puts affirmative action on the to-do list, and hires a young woman to join her all-male writers’ room. But it may be too little too late, as the star faces the reality of low ratings and a network that wants to replace her. Wanting to prove she’s not merely a diversity hire who’s disrupting the comfort of the brotherhood, the new girl is determined to help the star revitalize her show and career... and possibly effect even bigger change at the same time.

101 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Drug abuse).
Comedy, Drama.

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Credits

Cast	Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, John Lithgow, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, Denis O'Hare, Max Casella
Director	Nisha Ganatra
Screenplay	Mindy Kaling
Music	Lesley Barber
Cinematography	Matthew Clark
Editing	Eleanor Infante, David Rogers
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2019
Produced by	3 Arts Entertainment, 30West, FilmNation Entertainment, Imperative Entertainment, Kaling International, Stage 6 Films

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Comedy, drama
Language	None (sic)
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None (sic)
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

R: Restricted	Rated R for language throughout and some sexual references
Runtime	102
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

British Board of Film Classification rating

15: Suitable for 15 years and older	Language
Runtime	102
British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 14 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
24.com Bashiera Parker Glaringly obvious or not Late Night comes together almost like a romantic comedy of sorts, where everything, and everyone, is just meant to be.	10
RSG Leon van Nierop Ek sou dit vir vroue aanbeveel wat op ‘n Saterdagoggend behoefte het om saam met mekaar te kuier, en iewers ‘n fliek tussenin in te pas.	12
Metacritic.com 45 critics	14
Rottentomatoes critics 266 critics	14
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Smart, timely, and brought to life by a terrific cast, Late Night is a workplace comedy with a lot of heart -- and just as many laughs.	16
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	13
CommonSenseMedia Joyce Slaton Light tone, deep messages in female-centric comedy.	15
ScreenIt T. Durgin Unfortunately, Late Night is one of those movies that too often tries to goose its audience into laughing and responding to its own script.	9
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 37 users	11
Rottentomatoes users 2797 users	15
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter	15
IMDB 7131 Netizens	13
The Movie DB Community	14
Average .. 66%	13