Despite its star-power, 鈥楲ate Night鈥� is only so-so
It鈥檚 a good thing that Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson are the stars of the mediocre 鈥淟ate Night,鈥� written by Kaling and directed by Nisha Ganatra, because without them, it would resemble nothing much more than a 鈥淒evil Wears Prada鈥� knockoff. 聽
Thompson plays a brittle veteran late-night talk show host with an all white male writing staff. She is coerced into hiring Kaling鈥檚 Molly Patel, who has no previous TV experience, as a 鈥渄iversity hire鈥� in order to boost ratings and counter her image as 鈥渁 woman who hates women.鈥� Kaling鈥檚 naive earnestness in the role is very winning, and Thompson makes her boss lady clich茅s seem almost fresh. Not quite fresh enough, though, to rescue the movie.聽Grade: B- (Rated R.)
