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Based on the comic book "Here" by Richard McGuire
Synopsis
A generational story about families and the special place they inhabit, sharing in love, loss, laughter, and life.. It was first published as a strip in the comics magazine "Raw" in 1989, and was expanded into a 300-page graphic novel in 2014.. [from trailer] Richard: You know, if you like, you could spend the rest of the night here.Margaret: I could spend the rest of my life here..
Referenced in Close-Up: Which is Better – Movies or Series?
(2024). I was excited to see this film at the AFI film festival last night. But after watching it, I was disappointed with the film.
"Here" – someplace in New England or Pennsylvania)
Robert Zemeckis of "Back to the Future" fame loves using technology to illustrate his films. In this one, he uses different picture-in-picture panel inserts to show what was happening at various times in the same place (i.e. He also uses de-aging techniques to turn Tom Hanks and Robin Wright into teenagers (done much better than Scorsese's "The Irishman").
Been there, done that
However, these pluses don't make up for a mediocre and predictable story that concentrates on Tom Hanks (and Robin Wright's) initially exuberant youth that is wrecked by the realities of adult life. Parallel stories of Benjamin Franklin's son, a Native American, an early aviator, the alleged inventor of Laz-e-boy, and a black family who all occupied the same space at different times eventually serve more as distractions rather than enhancements. The gimmicky use of the panels eventually becomes tiresome as well as the use of AI to create ancient times and animals.