Part of SNL Cinematic Universe
Where to start with a 21-film series about America’s longest-running sketch comedy show? Right at the beginning. Jason Reitman’s 2024 film captures the frenzied lead-up to the very first episode as a motley bunch of then-unknown and untrained young comedians prepare to step into a revolutionary spotlight that will change history and make them all stars. But tonight, it’s barely contained madness backstage, with Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) desperately trying to channel the chaos towards a vision even he’s not sure of. Fuelled by the same anarchic energy that drove the show to air, Reitman orchestrates this tour de force as a glorious circus of talent, ambition and appetite for risk, with the clock ticking down to showtime.