All Nighter (2017)

Great actors doing their thing. Great casting and story.

Fmovies: When you start watching a movie and the 20 first minutes are boring, it's difficult to keep going. And it takes no time to notice that boring scenes just keep stretching and stretching. You want them to end, but they're there to torture you endlessly.

Did not laugh a single time.

I like Emile Hirsch and J.K. Simmons, but they were not able to save this movie. It tries to make Ginnie's dad look like something he is not and fails miserably at everything it tries to do. Zero chemistry between all characters besides the two main characters and their relationship is almost strange. If you are bored, give it a try, but I did warn you. There is way too much wrong with this movie. The only reason I could give it 3 stars is because of Hirsch and Simmons. They did a great job in their roles, just bad writing and story.

All Nighter fmovies. There was no point to this story. It's low budget. The script is bad. At least it's short (only one hour and twenty minutes), but it's not enjoyable. Complete waste of time. The actors were nice. But you are kind of waiting for something to happen, some development, and it never comes. It isn't a comedy either (we didn't laugh once).

I must say I am very surprised to see all these negative reviews, and the low score for this movie. I watched it with relatively low expectations, and ended up LOVING IT ! I do NOT understand any of the criticism from the other negative reviewers, I think all actors did a hell of job! It was thrilling and funny from beginning to end, and even very touching.

I do not want to spoil anything so I will not go into details, but trust me, I am sure that MANY of you will love this movie, it had me glued to the screen from the beginning, and I honestly did not want it to end.

To me this is a hidden gem, WATCH IT !

I admit it. I've become a sucker for J.K. Simmons. I like him in just about everything he's in. And that's nice, because he does a lot of 'smaller' films, and I really like smaller films. 'All Nighter', is one of those. There's nothing 'big' happening here, just the story of two (mostly) unconnected people, who unexpectedly come together to go looking for someone. That someone is Ginnie; the daughter of one, and the former girlfriend of the other.

So what is 'All Nighter'? A comedy? A quest? A buddy movie? A heart tugger? Yes . . . . kinda. I suppose it's all those things but, then again, not really any of them. Like I said earlier, it's one of those 'small' movies about a small event in the lives of a few (mostly) ordinary people. No Super-Heroes, no special effects, and ultimately, nothing all that life-altering. At least on the surface . In the end, 'All Nighter' is really just a story about the need for connections in life. How being involved with those around us, is the only meaningful currency we can measure our own wealth by.

Hirsch or Simmons, and usually both together, are onscreen for almost the entire film, and their evolving relationship was enough to keep me interested. It's not the most original of stories, but that's okay. Sometimes a film doesn't need to be, so long as you enjoy spending the next 90 minutes with the people in question. And in this case, it worked out well enough.