‘Here’ Movie Review: Join Tom Hanks in this living room at the end of the universe

Tom Hanks, left, and Robin Wright in a scene from “Here.”

It’s a big anniversary year for director Robert Zemeckis as he celebrates 40 years of collaboration with composer Alan Silvestri. Stone Romancing and multiple award-winning boxes of chocolates since 30 years, Forrest Gump. here a big time Forrest Gump The reunion sees the return of its leads, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, as well as the crew, which in addition to Zemeckis and Silvestri, includes writer (Eric Roth), cinematographer (Don Burgess), sound designer (Randy Thom), and costume designer (Randy Thom). . Joanna Johnston).

Perhaps it’s all the anniversary sentiment that makes this adaptation of Richard McGuire’s Enamous comic book so loaded with nostalgia. Although non-linear like comics, here It starts with the dinosaurs, then the ice ages, and the ice melts, and we understand that the story is told from this one patch of land and the different dramas that go on there.

There is a tribal couple, who fall in love, have a child and later, the woman dies leaving the man to grow old alone. The land was then part of the estate of Benjamin Franklin’s illegitimate son William. At the end of the century, a house was built and here tells the story of the various families who live there — an aviation enthusiast John Harter (Gwilym Lee) and his wife Pauline (Michelle Dockery); the inventor of the recliner, Leo (David Finn), and his pin-up model partner Stella (Ophelia Lovibond); Young people who have the house for the longest time; and the Harris family (Nicholas Pinnock, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Kashe Vanderpuy).

The corner is always looking out over the old colonial from the gracious bay window. After World War II, Al (Paul Bettany) and Rose (Kelly Reilly) buy the house where they live with their three children, Richard (Tom Hanks), Elizabeth (Beau Gadsdon) and Jimmy (Harry Marcus).

Richard falls in love with Margaret (Robin Wright) and they get married in the same room and have their daughter Vanessa (Jessa Zemeckis). Apart from clothes and music, time passes by with changing television sets and programming.

Tom Hanks, right, and Robin Wright in a scene from “Here.”

While focusing on the lives of regular people, with their triumphs and tears, a maudlin thread runs through hereWhich is only bearable thanks to Hanks, who is the son, brother, father, husband and colleague anyone would love to have. Bettany and Riley create believable characters, trying to hold their place in a rapidly changing world.

When the camera rolls at the end of 104 minutes (seemingly too long), we finally break free from the time-traveling room. Hopefully the T-Rex would pop up again to take down the Megalodon.

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