"Funniest movie of the year. A comedy that could laugh itself into an Academy Award nomination."
— Dwight Brown, DwightBrownInk.com
"The filmmakers hone the anarchy of the show’s 1975 debut into a smooth, fast-paced narrative."
— Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
"It's a wildly entertaining love letter to a night of television that marked a cultural watershed."
— Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly
"A madcap comedy about the 90-minute dash leading up to the 1975 debut episode of 'SNL,' the show’s famously enigmatic creator is lionized."
— Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post
"'Saturday Night' brims with tremendous affection for 'SNL,' and those feelings feed viewers’ nostalgia. Reitman’s film is a sweet and goofy Valentine."
— Gary M. Kramer, Gary M. Kramer Salon.com
"Now, just one year shy of the pop phenom’s 50th anniversary, director Jason Reitman gives back, turning an oral history of the very first episode into a rowdy, delectably profane backstage homage."
— Peter Debruge, Variety
"Watching 'Saturday Night,' Jason Reitman’s entertaining film account of the birth of TV’s 'Saturday Night Live,' is like sitting next to your mischievous Uncle Stan at a family dinner, listening as he regales the table with stories of his wild youth."
— Peter Howell, Toronto Star
"Because that’s ultimately what Reitman succeeds at with Saturday Night — capturing the allure that’s kept audiences tuning in for what will be 50 seasons, come September 28th, 2024. The sense that something magical is going on in a little studio called 8H. No one knows what will happen. But they want to find out."
— Liz Shannon Miller, Consequence
