Rolling Stone Menu ‘Here Today’: Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal Are a Rude Duo, Not an Odd Couple
Corny and cute: a welcome dish of rom-com nostalgia even if it’s more friend-romance than anything else
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The doctor asks, “May I ask what your relationship is?” And Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal whose roles in their new comedy
Here Today are more fun to imagine if you pretend the actors are playing themselves, so we’ll keep calling them Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal say, in unison, “I dunno.” It’s one of the running, mild jokes of the movie that people can’t quite seem to make up their minds as to what’s going on between this unlikely-seeming pair. They’re either too polite to assume the obvious or too rude not to. Hence the fun in imagining that Haddish and Crystal are playing themselves fun which, because the movie more or less gets lost in its own, sticky-sweet emotional sauce, the audience may as well sneak into the proc
Here Today
Cast Billy Crystal as Charlie Berns; Tiffany Haddish as Emma Payge; Laura Benanti as Francine; Penn Badgley as Rex; Louisa Krause as Carrie; Audrey Hsieh as Lindsay; Anna Deavere Smith as Dr. Vidor
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He might not have always said so. I mean, he was
married, for crying out loud, and his now-deceased wife Carrie would’ve been offended (even if she kinda knew). He fiercely loves his grown kids (Rex and Francine) and his granddaughter, Lindsay.
But his words written, spoken, recited on the Broadway stage or mumbled in comic monologues came first. They made him happy, those little jokes he wrote, and they made other people happy, too. He loved making people laugh, and they loved him for it: They bought tickets to his plays and showered him with awards. And whenever Charlie had to make a choice between two loves spending time with his wife or making sure a joke landed
Review: Crystal, Haddish far from comedy gold in clunky Here Today
Billy Crystal co-writes, directs and stars in mismatched comedy that pairs him with Tiffany Haddish
Adam Graham
A cringeworthy comedy with two extremely mismatched leads, Here Today should be gone today.
Billy Crystal, who also co-wrote and directed the film, stars as aging comedy writer Charlie Berns, who forms an unlikely friendship with street singer Emma Payge (Tiffany Haddish). Little about their relationship rings true, and Here Today stumbles to a melodramatic conclusion that mishandles issues relating to mental health and debilitating illness. Some movies shoot and miss, Here Today misfires so badly it s unclear where it was even aiming.
CinemaBlend
May. 5. 2021 4:00 PM
Itâs cute and passable, but also a movie that you wonât be able to identify from its title alone in a yearâs time.
Starring:
Billy Crystal, Tiffany Haddish Penn Badgley, Laura Benanti
Written By:
Billy Crystal, Alan Zweibel
Directed By:
Billy Crystal
Billy Crystalâs
Here Today is the kind of movie that you really want to like. In addition to the fact that itâs been 20 years since weâve seen Crystal direct (his last effort being the excellent 2001 HBO baseball drama
61 ), the multitalented filmmaker/actor remains as charming as ever in front of the camera, and he finds a wonderful new on-screen partner in Tiffany Haddish â with whom he shares some sweet chemistry. Whatâs unfortunate is how much heavy lifting that desire ultimately has to do. As funny and emotional as it can be in its best moments, the material at times feels tonally confused, and due to rote plotting that is overstuffed with the fami
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