Here

  • Tom Hanks, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Dockery, Paul Bettany
  • Robert Zemeckis
  • January 17th 2025
  • 104
From the reunited director, writer, and stars of Forrest Gump (1994), Here is an original film about multiple families and a special place they inhabit. The story travels through generations, capturing the human experience in its purest form.

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Here

Verdict: Here tells a relatable, compelling story but the staging and technology hold it back

  • Tom Hanks, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Dockery, Paul Bettany
  • January 17th 2025
  • 104
  • Robert Zemeckis

Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and Robert Zemeckis reunite 30 years after making the 1994 classic Forrest Gump.

Thirty years after starring in Forrest Gump, co-stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright have reunited for the drama Here.

The movie, helmed by their Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis, tells the story of a ordinary suburban house and all the generations of people who have lived in it over the years.

While it hops back and forth between the generations, the story focuses on the Youngs; Al (Paul Bettany), Rose (Kelly Reilly), and their three children.

Their eldest son Richard (Hanks) moves his girlfriend Margaret (Wright) into the home when she falls pregnant and they end up living there for many more years than expected.

Here, which is based on the graphic novel by Richard McGuire, has good intentions and tells a universal domestic story that everyone can relate to in one way or another.

However, the way it is filmed holds it back. The camera stays in one place in the corner of a living room and simply observes what is...

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