The cinematic film of the year makes its debut on the big screen as it reunites Forest Gump’s Tom Hanks and Robin Wright nearly 30 years later in Here. The epic drama is far more about specific person or family, rather it is a culmination over time about the generation impact made in on specific place.
The film set in the historical Pennsylvania, also holds a bit of a historic prospective, though clearly fictional, the location that the film takes place in is said to be across the street from where Ben Franklin lived. In fact, the film covers the life spans of Ben Franklin as well as the inventor of the Lazy boy and even as far back as the Indian settlers as well as the generational life of Hanks and Wright.
Additionally, the film showcases a family’s struggles from birth to teenage years, midlife crisis and ultimately the point in which families ultimately decide to leave that one place that had become their home. The film beautifully captures this for all generations with stunning camera angles (though shot through the same shot but composed in such a way that we see far more in that one angle than moving the camera to get the other side. Not only that but, there is a bit of time jumping going on as the director uses boxes as a signal of when the film is going to shift to a new generation and/or a new time frame.
All in all, Here is a culmination of time, with a brief nod to the 30-year reunion from Forest Gump, the story of Hanks and Wright somewhat expounds on the possibility of what may have been as it explores their life now in connection with generations past and generations present. That being said, Here is most certainly a period piece in a nutshell, though it explores many different periods to show, though styles change, the story of people stay the same. In the end we all go through the same life, love, heartbreak, and ultimately loss. The important thing is to experience it all to the fullest, before it is too late.
Here came out in theaters November 1 and while it may not be for everyone, it is most certainly one to appreciate for its cinematic elements as it full captures life to its fullest. See it in a theater near you.