The plot: Shipwrecked on a deserted island, a robot named Roz must learn to adapt to its new surroundings. Building relationships with the native animals, Roz soon develops a parental bond with an orphaned gosling.
I was most looking forward to this film.
The Saturday night film was good.
Pros: I like a lot of the making of what it took to put Saturday Night Live on the air. A lot of this is fast-paced and full of crispy dialogue. I’m surprised I saw someone did a good Jim Henson lookalike. I like a lot of the performances associated with this film. They nailed the facial touch/look of the time where SNL began and having the main song at the end was worth it.
Cons: At times I didn’t connect mostly as I thought. It felt different to what I’m seen before & it didn’t had time to show from each cast member property.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Directed by Jason Reitman
Produced by Jason Blumenfeld, Peter Rice, Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan
Written by Gil Kenan, Jason Reitman
Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara, Matt Berry & Ving Rhames.
Cinematography: Chris Stover
Edited by Mary Blee
Music by Kris Bowers
Production companies: DreamWorks Animation
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
The Casts:
- Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels
- Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster
- Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase
- Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner
- Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd
- Emily Fairn as Laraine Newman
- Matt Wood as John Belushi
- Lamorne Morris as Garrett Morris
- Kim Matula as Jane Curtin
- Finn Wolfhard as an NBC page
- Nicholas Braun as Andy Kaufman and Jim Henson
- Ellen Boscov as Mrs. Kaufman
- Cooper Hoffman as Dick Ebersol
- Andrew Barth Feldman as Neil Levy
- Leander Suleiman as Anne Beatts
- Taylor Gray as Al Franken
- Mcabe Gregg as Tom Davis
- Abraham Hsu as Leo Yoshimura
- Corinne Britti as Valri Bromfield
- Nicholas Podany as Billy Crystal
- Rowan Joseph as Jim Fox
- Kirsty Woodward as Audrey Dickman
- Kaia Gerber as Jacqueline Carlin
- Robert Wuhl as Dave Wilson
- Drew Scheid as Bob Pook
- Tommy Dewey as Michael O’Donoghue
- Catherine Curtin as Joan Carbunkle
- Jon Batiste as Billy Preston
- Brian Welch as Don Pardo
- Jef Holbrook as editor
- Willem Dafoe as David Tebet
- Paul Rust as Paul Shaffer
- Tracy Letts as Herb Sargent
- Matthew Rhys as George Carlin
- Naomi McPherson as Janis Ian
- J. K. Simmons as Milton Berle
- Billy Bryk as Carl
- Brad Garrett as Borscht Belt comedian
- Josh Brener as Alan Zweibel
- David Michael Brown as Bernie Brillstein (uncredited)
I recommend watching this film to those who still watched Saturday Night Live.
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe