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Based on the graphic novel “Here” by Richard McGuire

Scenario

A generational story about families and the special place they inhabit, sharing love, loss, laughter and life. It was first published as a strip in the comic book “Raw” in 1989, and was expanded into a 300-page graphic novel in 2014.

Introducing Toast of the Town (1948)

[from the trailer] Richard: You know, if you wanted, you could spend the rest of the night here. Margaret: I could spend the rest of my life here.

Here isn’t a film for everyone

It tries something different, with a single focused camera angle and a story that takes place over hundreds (or millions) of years. But that’s also part of the problem that keeps it from standing out.

It also takes a while to get going before we get to the meat of the story

We’re given little time with each plot point, with most scenes lasting 1-5 minutes before jumping to the next scene. If it had been a little more focused on our core group of characters, the ending would have had a much bigger impact.

It also goes a bit overboard with how much stuff happens in a single space

There was also a bit too much CGI that looked rough, and a focus on placing characters really close to the camera for scenes that all felt a bit forced. In the end, ‘Here’ is an ambitious film that ultimately fails to deliver a fully satisfying story because it’s too concerned with its notion of showing everything that happened in this one spot and making the camera angle the main focal point of the story.