Here (2024)

Bland and Irritating, ‘Here’ Will Make You Wish You Were Anywhere But. The time-bending ‘Here’ is director Robert Zemeckis’ latest experiment in filmmaking, but again he sacrifices compelling story and characters for gimmicks.

Robert Zemeckis has made some genuinely great films, including the ‘Back to the Future’ trilogy, ‘Contact,’ and ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit,’ and the mark of much of his career has been his endless fascination with pushing the boundaries of filmmaking and visual effects forward with new technologies and techniques. But for much of the past two decades, he has focused on the latter seemingly at the expense of the former, turning out a variety of films that may offer up new and sometimes dazzling effects while skimping on good stories and well-developed characters.