Live From New York!

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Audience Member I thought this was a very nice exploration of the cultural influence of Saturday Night Live and it did a good job of covering everything pretty succinctly. It mainly focused on the straight-up history of the show, which was nice, but it generally just went year to year pretty shallow-ly. I was disappointed by the amount of cast members and writers returning for interviews - so generally I think I liked James Franco's peek behind the curtain a little better, even though it was also pretty limited in scope. Just to much toast to spread the butter of SNL over - stretched too thin for me in this one. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member As many of the more negative reviews have noted, Live From New York! just does not have the run time (or maybe balls) to get as deep into the murky depths that SNL has offered. It certainly touches on the dizzying heights we've seen the show achieve, but as a celebratory film, it can only tap dance around SNL's more controversial aspects with an "We din'nt know it was wrong at the time!" excuse. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I thought this was pretty decent, not outstanding, but it was interesting and the great memories definitely made it worthwhile. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member There's some wonderful people talking about interesting stuff here (the political and social impact of this show on the world), but forty years is much too long a time to cover in one movie. On top of that, all of what this film covers has already been explored in the umpteen other SNL docs that have filled up VH1 and E! over the years. Not terrible but definitely not needed or even that good. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Really interesting! Great to see the relationship between SNL and what was and is happening in the world. It will make you laugh and cry. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Party time excellent Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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