Here and Now (Blue Night)
A singer in New York gets a grim diagnosis that puts her life and dreams into perspective.
31 May 1990, Libertyville, Illinois, USA
30 July 1969, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
13 March 1972, Chicago, Illinois, USA
25 April 1969, Katy, Texas, USA
25 June 1940, Davenport, Iowa, USA
15 July 1981, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
November 06, 2018
It's an intimate character study that rests on the lead performance from Sarah Jessica Parker, de-glammed save for her Kim Novak platinum hair.
November 06, 2018
An open-ended but not unpleasant watch.
November 06, 2018
A compellingly human film.
November 08, 2018
The psychological dig site is surprisingly shallow here, forcing Constant to depend on stale poetry to get by, which stops the feature in full.
April 20, 2018
"I'm not done yet," Vivienne declares. But we never even see her get started.
November 09, 2018
[A]s accurate as this portrayal of avoidance might be, it doesn't amount to much in terms of sympathizing with or understanding who Vivienne is and what she's experiencing.
April 20, 2018
Why doesn't the drama ever crystallize into something we can feel?
November 08, 2018
It all adds up to a film aiming to be a moving character study (and an ostensible homage to Agnés Varda's "Cléo From 5 to 7," a far more vivid exploration of existentialism), but instead feels adrift.
November 07, 2018
Clunky and at times, confusing, Here and Now fails to give Sarah Jessica Parker the chance to dive deep into herself and give the emotional performance she was hoping for.
November 07, 2018
For most of the film, Parker's Vivienne is bland and forgettable.
April 20, 2018
Mood indi-so-so.
November 09, 2018
Here and Now is deliberately slow, hoping to provide viewers a chance to share the torturous mental anguish Vivienne is going through. The process only succeeds in boring us to death.
