The problem is the writing - not just lacklustre, it is simply not funny at all.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 10, 2024

There is an inherently manufactured feel to it all, even during the select moments of legitimately effective drama.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 15, 2024

From a film perspective, it takes a master manipulator to make us feel genuine care and loss and sadly, Crystal is not even close to this level.

| Original Score: D | Feb 23, 2024

Crystal directs, co-writes, co-produces and stars in this well-intended yet strangely uneven dramedy.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 17, 2022

Though "Here Today" starts off strong with a comedic lens, there are awkward tonal shifts and overly dramatic moments throughout that will likely leave audiences wondering if they're meant to be watching a comedy, drama, or something else.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Jun 21, 2022

Here Today struggles to convince when it kicks into a more emotional gear and, ultimately, the weighty issues overwhelm a film that seems more comfortable in a minor key.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 7, 2021

This is more indulgent, and the more it goes on the more mawkish it unfortunately becomes. It's clearly a very personal project, but it just loses its way very badly.

| Sep 21, 2021

Despite some formulaic comedic elements, the movie still works as the two leads are genuinely funny. Good to see Billy Crystal in a leading role again and he + Tiffany Haddish make for a winning comedic pairing.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 15, 2021

A film with a big heart and more zingers than actual laughs.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 8, 2021

Crystal and Haddish share a nice screen chemistry and there are funny moments alongside the sadder ones. But the Hollywood ending is close to unforgivable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 5, 2021

A glossily disingenuous piece of work.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 5, 2021

Next to Crystal's mellow comic spiel, as grooved as the jazz standards on the soundtrack, Haddish is rattling, profane and vivid.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 5, 2021

A very heavy and indigestible meal of emotional correctness.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 2, 2021

Sure, there is a fair bit of whimsy and jarring dialogue, but Crystal is able to bring his usual self-deprecating style to an otherwise unoriginal story. Haddish is hugely likeable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 2, 2021

The handling is soggy and often tone-deaf, the kernel of mournful humanity the closest thing to a saving grace.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 1, 2021

It's pretty cringeworthy, devolving in the final stages into mushy sentimentality.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 26, 2021

With two winning performances at its heart, Here Today makes for an easy watch despite tackling a difficult subject for comedy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 25, 2021

Look, they are saying, this is no ordinary sentiment, it's burnished and weathered and hand-stitched from everything you may feel nostalgic for in the modern world.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 24, 2021

this story about unlikely friendships that cross generations is heartwarming, spiced with zingy wit and humour. Things get a bit mawkish towards the end but their bond is what remains.

| Aug 20, 2021

A genial, monotone of good-heartedness that isn't as funny as it wants to be or needs to be, but hits some truths about the subject of age and dementia, while maintaining its mild smile.

| Original Score: C-plus | Aug 3, 2021