Based on the comic book "Here" by Richard McGuire
Scenario
A generational story about families and the special place they inhabit, sharing in love, loss, laughter, and life.. It was first published as a strip in the comics magazine "Raw" in 1989, and was expanded into a 300-page graphic novel in 2014.. Richard’s father at one point early in the film names several cities that he states are along the Pennsylvania Turnpike, when in fact these are all cities that are along Interstate 80 in PA, which hadn’t even built at the time.. [from trailer] Richard: You know, if you like, you could spend the rest of the night here.
Concerto for Clarinet, Pts
Margaret: I could spend the rest of my life here.. Features They Stooge to Conga (1943). 1 and 2Written by Artie ShawPerformed by Artie Shaw and His OrchestraCourtesy of RCA RecordsBy arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment. I was excited to see this film at the AFI film festival last night.
But after watching it, I was disappointed with the film
Robert Zemeckis of "Back to the Future" fame loves using technology to illustrate his films. In this one, he uses different picture-in-picture panel inserts to show what was happening at various times in the same place (i.e. "Here" – some place in New England or Pennsylvania). He also uses de-aging techniques to turn Tom Hanks and Robin Wright into teenagers (done much better than Scorsese’s "The Irishman").
Been there, done that
However, these pluses don’t make up for a mediocre and predictable story that concentrates on Tom Hanks (and Robin Wright’s) initially exuberant youth that is wrecked by the realities of adult life. Parallel stories of Benjamin Franklin’s son, a Native American, an early aviator, the alleged inventor of Laz-e-boy, and a black family who all occupied the same space at different times eventually serve more as distractions rather than enhancements . The gimmicky use of the panels eventually becomes tiresome as well as the use of AI to create ancient times and animals. The main actors (Hanks, Wright, Bettany, and Reilly) are all excellent but I only wish they were given a better screenplay to work with..