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By Johnny Oleksinski (478) for New York Post (6,650) on 05 Jun 2019

Kaling’s script addresses issues such as sexism in the #MeToo era, ageism and racial prejudice in her disarmingly light and sneaky way…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 05 Jun 2019

The best scenes in Late Night are consistently the ones where the movie’s main stars spar and banter and intermittently connect; two unlikely…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 05 Jun 2019

Unlike the corner of the entertainment industry it tackles, Mindy Kaling’s quick-witted screenplay for “Late Night” doesn’t go for…

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By Jake Cole (292) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 05 Jun 2019

The film lacks for the more lacerating, freely parodic energy of The Larry Sanders Show and 30 Rock…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 04 Jun 2019

Late Night is that rare thing: a deft and intelligent entertainment that can touch on serious issues because being funny is something it never…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 04 Jun 2019

Every time you think Late Night is settling into familiar tropes — about workplace politics, mean bosses, long marriages, fish out of water,…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 04 Jun 2019

At heart, Late Night is a romcom and like so many romcoms, the funny stuff recedes after the first act, as the plot and its relatability imperative…

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By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 04 Jun 2019

Thompson and Kaling spark, while still leaving space for the rest of the cast to deliver blissful, blistering one-liners (I, Tonya's Hauser…

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By Inkoo Kang (374) for Slate (2,081) on 04 Jun 2019

Late Night suggests that Kaling is as fascinated as ever not by the girl next door but by powerful, unruly women — and the unconventional…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 03 Jun 2019

Thompson, Kaling and up-for-anything director Nisha Ganatra spin comic gold…

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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Vox (725) on 02 Jun 2019

Late Night feels underwritten in some spots, but it’s surprising in others — an unfussy, entertaining comedy with some serious matters…

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By Ben Travis (84) for Empire (3,446) on 02 Jun 2019

Late Night is sharply written and warmly enjoyable, with Kaling and Thompson on endearing form…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 02 Jun 2019

Late Night is admirably eager to address the messy problems of the comedy world, but it ultimately can’t stop cleaning up after itself…

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By Tomris Laffly (460) for Time Out (7,510) on 03 Feb 2019

The most radical observation Late Night makes concerns the extreme maleness of showbiz that turns women into rivals…

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By Kate Erbland (681) for IndieWire (3,631) on 01 Feb 2019

Late Night smartly sends up not just the cloistered world of late night television, but a current cultural climate struggling to evolve in…

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By Emily Yoshida (237) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 01 Feb 2019

What makes Late Night — otherwise a largely predictable story in a familiar mold — really pop is Kaling’s script, which is at the blunter…

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By Anthony Kaufman (83) for Screen International (2,241) on 01 Feb 2019

Thompson delivers a memorable performance as the abrasive “cold witch,” as someone describes her, perhaps even outdoing Meryl Streep’s…

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By Mike Ryan (265) for Uproxx (697) on 01 Feb 2019

Late Night is going to wind up being one of the best comedies of 2019…

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By Gregory Ellwood (229) for The Playlist (3,871) on 01 Feb 2019

The combination of Thompson’s sharp delivery and Kaling’s commercially friendly script make the film’s charms hard to resist…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 01 Feb 2019

It’s a genial, funny movie, not a mile-a-minute behind-the-cameras gag-fest (hyphens…

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