Late Night

Good writing makes me so happy.

The Devil Wears Prada of our generation! This film is without a doubt one of the best I have seen in a long time. The chemistry of the cast is impeccable and Mindy is flawless. The comedy is done well and not over acted. Late Night manages to combine comedy, romance, tragedy, trauma, and coping all together with real world problems faced by many today all while not overdoing it or overcompensating for any part. The film gives a great insight into the issues many women face in our society when it comes to equality in the workplace and respect. Amazingly, mostly due to the direction and writing by women themselves, this film manages to do this in a way that is comedic yet never loses the points it is trying to make. One of the most amazing aspects of this film is that it doesn't put a leading lady in the submissive role, but the dominating role as she rises to make changes in the workplace around her based on the confidence in her own true strength as the woman she is. In addition, the film helps us analyze the ways that perhaps we too have fallen into this patriarchal minutiae regardless of our gender or sex, and even in relation to those of the same gender or sex as ourselves. That message is all too often lost in many films that attempt to do what Late Night does at every turn. This film is not only a great entertaining experience on screen, but a literary work worth the honor and dignity that it so boldly displays in the important messages it delivers to audiences across the globe. This is not only a must see film, but a requirement.

The movie is a "most possible reality" in Hollywood, there's some great moments of acting and as a drama the story develops in a enjoyable pace.
I only wanted to write/point out the fact that Halston Sage as one "little moment" in the movie despise the fact she isn't in the gallery of actors above. Here something I didn't expect and really, really liked.

I think those who came to this movie expecting a comedy were disappointed. I came to it expecting stellar performances by great lead performers. I found a good drama which met my expectations. This is more thinky than funny and it spends its capital on taking us on Katherine Newbury's journey back to herself and her humanity via the addition to her staff of an unwelcomed but intrepid fan. I liked this movie and give it a 7 (good) out of 10. [Drama]

The Bold Type - The Movie

Or “the bold type - how it could have been”

Enjoyable film, enjoyed most of the jokes. It wasn’t earth shattering or filled with surprises, but it was exactly the kind of light “late night” entertainment I was out for, to just lean back and relax with.

Yes, it's corny at times, but its also quite funny, and Thomson and Kaling are always good value. I enjoyed it, despite the cheese factor.

An excellent laugh out loud, cringe out loud film. Emma Thompson was excellent as a late night writer who has to find a way out of her slump. John Lithgow is fine doing a role of a husband fit for him and Stanley Tucci. Mindy Kaling does a variation of her characters. I like Mindy so I like her characters. If they're all variations on a theme it's a theme I enjoy. There are some great moments of comedic triumph here though. It's very satisfying on a dramatic level. However the failures because they're comedic failures don't just hit dramatically they go full into cringe and it's almost too much to handle.

One thing I would have liked to see more of were Katherine's new late night bits. The **Katherine Newbury: White Savior** bit was genuinely amusing and I think we say just about the perfect amount of it for this film. But I'd have given up one of those segments to see another segment.

I expected this to be slightly better. Emma Thompson's performance was great as ever, but the story itself a little flat. Still, quite well made and it's probably just the short hair, but somehow did remind of me of Ellen…

This is fine and has some good performances from Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson. It wasn't really that funny.

_Late Night_: A new hire's professional relationship with her boss, filmed like a rom-com. Mindy Kaling is charming but this overly politically correct remake of _The Intern_ meets _The Devil Wears Prada_ doesn't bring anything new to the table and doesn't start any dialogues. If it were a real chat show it'd be canceled mid-season.