It’s a gimmick but it’s a good gimmick

"I love it here." Zemeckis is back with another gimmick! Too bad he forgot to also make a good movie this time. Ophelia Lovibond!

Having already digested Richard McGuire's "Here" in the original 6 page strip and the 2014 graphic novel, I was aware of the visual concept of a static shot in location, through time. This was a great recreation in the media of moving pictures, of a uniquely still original narrative. I feel that some familiarity with the 1989 original strip would act as an indication of the viewers likelihood of accepting the locked shot that comprises the length of the film. It is this stillness that seems to be the root cause of many to dislike the work, unfairly in my opinion. (Digital ageing / deaging is a whole different subject, alongside CGI and for another time)

With a certain experimental tone, even if it is only by keeping the camera static for almost the entire film, this look at the cycle of life through a family and a house and its inhabitants, before and after being inhabited, is a corny and sentimental story that doesn't achieve its objectives. By introducing digital effects in the transformation of the characters, it ends up depriving them of the humanity it tries to reflect, which is presented as one of the main contradictions of the proposal. And in the end is as cheesy as it is emotional, but completely unbalanced in the development.