Saturday Night

There doesn’t seem to be much point to the film, which is too crammed with characters and subplots to dig into any one theme, yet too visibly micromanaged to convey any real feeling of anarchy.

Rollicking, expertly cast cosplay... If you enjoy watching famous people play other famous people, you'll have a good time.

Jason Reitman’s movie is an ode to Lorne Michaels, afraid to take even small risks.

The cosplay is entertaining (and accurate) enough, but the conceit leaves ensemble members – to borrow the title of Jay Mohr’s book about his two-year stint on SNL – gasping for airtime. Meaningful airtime, anyway.

Pitch-perfect performances, a tight script, & an expertly paced narrative, Saturday Night brilliantly encapsulates the chaos, innovation, and raw talent of SNL. It’s stressful, chaotic, but above all - deliciously entertaining.

After all, this is comedy coming from the first generation who grew up with television. That might have been true in 1975, but if you're looking for any of that energy in 2024, you'd be better off watching old sketches on YouTube...

This version of Salem’s Lot may not be as memorable as other adaptations of the author’s work, but there’s enough going for it to make this film worth visiting.

It's as good as “SNL” ever has been.

Reitman’s film is pretty remarkable, expectedly extolling Lorne Michaels and company’s genius of giving such chaos shape and iconography but also subtly recognizing the explicit danger of giving this much power to such a happy accident.

A free-wheeling backstage comedy, dissecting the inner workings of a network TV show as it’s on the verge of falling over the edge.