Late Night

There’s a lot of wish fulfillment here. Not that there’s anything wrong with wish fulfillment, right? Preston Sturges made a living at it. In Mindy Kaling’s semi-autobiographical dramedy, she gets a dream job she’s not qualified for, she saves the soul of her TV hero, and manages to somehow please her parents in the process. I guess it’s important that young people watching the movie can believe that miracles can happen if you have a little pluck. There are a few jokes in this movie too, many of which work. So it’s a pleasant enough Working Girl/The Devil Wears Prada trope, which neither inspires nor offends.