Here Today

    Here Today
    2021

    Synopsis

    Veteran comedy writer Charlie Berns, who is slowly but surely losing his grip on reality, befriends a talented young New York street singer Emma Payge. Together, they form an unlikely yet hilarious and touching friendship that kicks the generation gap aside and redefines the meaning of love and trust.

      Votre Filmothèque

      Cast

      • Billy CrystalCharlie Burnz
      • Tiffany HaddishEmma Payge
      • Penn BadgleyRex
      • Laura BenantiFrancine
      • Louisa KrauseCarrie
      • Dierdre FrielMarge
      • Alex BrightmanJustin
      • Matthew BroussardRoger
      • Max Gordon MooreBrad
      • Susan PourfarPaula

      Recommandations

      • 75

        Chicago Sun-Times

        The laughs come at a rapid-fire pace, but the comedy sometimes veers into hokey, over-the-top set pieces.
      • 60

        Screen Rant

        Here Today finds warmth in leads Crystal and Tiffany Haddish, which then allows it to push past some tricky tonal and pacing problems.
      • 60

        Variety

        What’s good about the movie is that Crystal, who co-wrote and directed it, has an inside knowledge of the showbiz comedy world (as he demonstrated in 1992 when he directed and starred in the acerbically accomplished “Mr. Saturday Night”), and the prickly vivacity with which he portrays it roots the movie in something real.
      • 50

        The Hollywood Reporter

        Here Today doesn’t fully succeed in any department. But it does provide some alternately amusing and touching moments, thanks largely to the heartfelt performances by Crystal and his co-star Tiffany Haddish.
      • 50

        San Francisco Chronicle

        Here Today is a weird case — not mediocre, not lukewarm, but genuinely bad and good, cringe-worthy and moving. Take this as a recommendation, and a warning.
      • 40

        Screen Daily

        This gentle comedy has some touching moments between Crystal and Tiffany Haddish, playing a struggling singer who befriends his character, but Here Today ultimately proves too saccharine and manipulative to elicit the tearjerking reaction it so strenuously strives to achieve.
      • 40

        ScreenCrush

        Here Today is too peculiar and heartfelt to be truly bad, and it does make an interesting companion piece to Mr. Saturday Night, with Crystal working through same issues from an older perspective. Together, they feel like the work of an artist baring their soul in a sometimes unpleasant way.
      • 38

        Movie Nation

        It flirts with “insipid,” and is about as funny as a teenager’s funeral.