FILM
HERE
ROBERT ZEMECKIS GOES BACK TO THE PAST
Clockwise from main: Time after time: Richard (Tom Hanks) and Margaret (Robin Wright) experience the spring, summer and autumn of their years.
★★
OUT 17 JANUARY / CERT 12A / 104 MINS
DIRECTOR Robert Zemeckis
CAST Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Dockery, Gwilym Lee, Nikki Amuka-Bird
PLOT In one house, generations of people experience joy, tragedy and hope, spanning hundreds of years of American history.
FROM THE EXTRAORDINARY artistry of Who Framed Roger Rabbit to the dead-eyed children of The Polar Express, there is perhaps no greater champion for paradigm-shifting visual effects than Robert Zemeckis. With Here, Zemeckis pushes the envelope again, telling the nonlinear story of different generations inhabiting the same house over hundreds of years, all from the same static view of its living room. But although the unconvincing de-ageing of Tom Hanks and Robin Wright back to their Forrest Gump days has grabbed headlines, it’s the least of the film’s problems.