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      Saturday Night

      2010 1 hr. 30 min. Documentary List
      Reviews 83% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Creating an episode of "Saturday Night Live." Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member The subject matter is incredibly insightful and fascinating, but the actual film quality never rises beyond a shoddy amateur film. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member a really entertaining look at the process of putting SNL together. A lot of the time the process is funnier than the finished product. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member I think this would've been way more interesting with FUNNIER comedians,I mean,I like some of the guys in this but,they made it seem totally irrelevant...plus,James Franco directing this.big NO. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Franko's film missed the opportunity to delve into the personalities that make SNL great. Without any real character studies, the movie becomes a dry rendition of the mechanics of putting in a live show. SNL is creative, cutting-edge and hysterical; By contrast, Saturday Night, the movie, is dry, conventional and humorless. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review john m A very real and in-depth insight on the process of making a Saturday Night live episode. I've always been fascinated on how they pull all this off in a week and it's all here right in front of you in this documentary. From a directing and filmmaking perspective, James Franco basically just shot everything with a handheld camera, so there's really not much of a vision from a director standpoint, but at least you get to see the process in its full flesh. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I loved every moment. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Stephen Saito Moveable Fest Franco's film also functions as a drama about the tension that exists when creativity is scheduled for a deadline; the laughs that are in "Saturday Night" are mostly incidental from the sketches being prepared. Nov 15, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Creating an episode of "Saturday Night Live."
      Director
      James Franco
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 30, 2016