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Based on the comic strip “Here” by Richard McGuire

Chronology

A generational story about families and the special place they call home, sharing love, loss, laughter and life. It was first published as a comic strip in the comic 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 towns that he believes are along the Pennsylvania Turnpike, when in fact they are all towns that [from the trailer] Richard: You know, if you wanted to, you could spend the rest of the night here.

Clarinet Concerto, 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.

We then follow about 5 families at different times and their lives in the living room

‘Here’ is the fifth film directed by Robert Zemeckis starring Tom Hanks, and while it’s not a 2.5 hour epic spanning 3 decades like ‘Forrest Gump’, it somehow manages to span 65 million years. This is done via the film’s gimmick of the camera being placed in one place, focusing on the living room of a house built in the early 19th century (presumably in New Jersey, USA), which includes some flashbacks to what was there on that land before the house was built, including a Native American tribe. It’s not all linear, but it’s not too confusing, with the main storyline following Al (Bettany) and Rose (Reilly) buying the house after WWII.

There are some nice moments, some funny bits, and some sad scenes

There they raise their 4 children, with Richard (Hanks) played by an aging/Big-era Hanks who is about 16. He then meets an aging Margaret (Wright) and we follow them as they age in the house over the decades. Even though it’s a relatively short film, it probably didn’t need at least two of those plotlines!

The editing is sometimes good, but often unnecessarily boring

It’s trying to depict the little moments of life that add up to the human experience. It gets close, but because of the jump cuts you don’t get too attached to anyone, so the poignancy is lost. From Alien: Romulus to Road House, take a look back at some of our favorite posters from 2024.