I went to see the Saturday Night Live movie last night.
Not terrible, but not great, either. The casting was excellent and the actors playing the original SNL cast did a good job of it ... I am old enough to have seem those original first episodes, and I remember the stir they caused. But overall the movie was a non-stop depiction of chaos. And maybe that is really how that first show was. But it was exhausting to watch without a break. And the big pay off at the end was the best scene in the movie by far. Which left me feeling a bit cheated by the whole rest of the film.
Most of the audience were older, like me, and werecaround when SNL began. But I couldn't help wondering what the young people watching the film were thinking about it. I wasn't feeling forward enough to ask them, but I wish I had. So if any of you are young, and do go see the movie, please let me know what you think of it. I can't imagine it making much sense to you if you are not familiar with the first cast and the early guests, but maybe I'm wrong.