Here (2024)

	Directed by: Robert Zemeckis	COUNTRY USA GENRE Drama NORWEGIAN TITLE Here RUNNING TIME 104 minutes
	Produced by: Robert Zemeckis Jack Rapke Derek Hogue Bill Block
	Written by (based on the novel by Richard McGuire): Eric Roth Robert Zemeckis

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Richard Young	Tom Hanks	½
Margaret Young	Robin Wright
Al Young	Paul Bettany
Rose Young	Kelly Reilly	½
Elizabeth Young	Lauren McQueen
Pauline Harter	Michelle Dockery	-
John Harter	Gwilym Lee	-
Leo Beekman	David Fynn
Stella Beekman	Ophelia Lovibond
Devon Harris	Nicholas Pinnock	-
Helen Harris	Nikki Amuka-Bird	-
Raquel	Anya Marco Harris	-

Review

The old superteam of director Robert Zemeckis, screenwriter Eric Roth, and star Tom Hanks combine forces for the first time since Forrest Gump for this technically and narratively inventive slice-of-life picture. The concept is what it would be like to watch time pass from a single fixed point – a mounted camera – all the way from the Mesozoic Era, through colonial times, and into the middle-class residence of various families, most notably the Youngs, consisting of dad Al (Paul Bettany), mom Rose (Kelly Reilly), and their adolescent son Richard (Tom Hanks) with his girlfriend Margaret (Robin Wright). Here is a spectacle, complete with remarkable and only slightly distracting AI-based digital de-aging, a nonlinear narrative structure, and numerous nifty cuts and transitions – all devised to compensate for the immovable point of view. It's a rather impressive and charming little film, despite a few contrivances and some overly sentimental storytelling. The de-aging is more effective than what you usually find (such as in The Irishman) – they've actually succeeded in making Tom Hanks look young, though he still sounds unmistakably old.