A late night talk show host suspects that she may soon lose her long-running show.A late night talk show host suspects that she may soon lose her long-running show.A late night talk show host suspects that she may soon lose her long-running show.
- Director
- Writer
- Mindy Kaling(screenplay by)
- Stars
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- Director
- Writer
- Mindy Kaling(screenplay by)
- Stars
- Awards
- 1 win & 10 nominations
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- Director
- Writer
- Mindy Kaling(screenplay by)
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Mindy Kaling Wins the IMDb STARmeter Award
Mindy Kaling Wins the IMDb STARmeter Award
The cast of Late Night chats about the film, and IMDb Founder and CEO Col Needham presents the 2019 STARmeter Award in the Fan Favorite Category to star Mindy Kaling at Sundance.
Storyline
Katherine Newbury (Dame Emma Thompson) is a pioneer and legendary host on the late night talk show circuit. When she's accused of being a "woman who hates women", she puts affirmative action on the to-do list, and - presto! - Molly (Mindy Kaling) is hired as the one woman in Katherine's all-male writers' room. But Molly might be too little too late, as the formidable Katherine also faces the reality of low ratings and a network that wants to replace her. Wanting to prove she's not merely a diversity hire who's disrupting the comfort of the brotherhood, Molly is determined to help Katherine revitalize her show and career - and possibly effect even bigger change at the same time.
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- Taglines
- They're giving comedy a rewrite.
- Genres
- Certificate
- S
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaActress, Writer, and Producer Mindy Kaling wrote the role of Katherine Newbury specifically for Emma Thompson.
- GoofsThe microphone on the talk show host's desk is a Shure Super 55. In every scene, it is pointed down at her desk, rather than at the host.
- Quotes
Walter Lovell: The thing is you can't take away one terrible thing you did any more than you can take away the millions of beautiful things that we had together. That's a million to one. If you can live with that ratio for another few years, then so can I.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Emma Thompson/Elle Fanning/LykkeLi/Amine (2018)
- SoundtracksKepp Their Phones Ringing
Written by Harri Davies
Courtesy of 5 Alarm Music
on behalf of Standard Music Library
Top review
a Character Piece you don't see on late night tv.
Emma Thompson is one of those actors that spans the range of roles, and makes every character real. This behind the scenes look at Late Night hosted by a successful now 56 year old woman had moments of humor, some social issues, Hollywood issues, and ends up deciding to do something different, be real. It does fall in the range of a good film, but not a great one, an enjoyable film not a laugh riot. The character is a driven woman who succeeded in a man's world, and the cuts of her hair, her pant suits, even how she behaves is very masculine, what women often do to succeed in a man's world. The character is layered and interesting as she walks through a kind of mid-life crisis, career and husband. It's more of a character piece, which I prefer anyway. A good evening's watch.
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- lightheartedbeing
- Sep 11, 2019
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,499,454
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $246,305
- Jun 9, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $22,386,555
- Runtime
- 1h 42min
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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