Avoiding the concept of a typical Wikipedia excerpt and immersing you in the atmosphere of creative chaos, Jason Reitman's 'Saturday Night' is a love letter to the show that the whole world has adored for almost fifty years and its creators.

According to the plot of 'Saturday Night', on October 11, 1975, in the NBC office at Rockefeller Plaza, the atmosphere is, to put it mildly, uneasy: an hour and a half before the premiere of a new experimental evening show being put together by a team of young writers and comedians led by Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle), and it seems almost nothing is ready.

The future of dozens of people depends on this evening, every minute counts (the audience won't be allowed to forget this either, with a ticking clock displayed), some are either too fussy and on the verge of a nervous breakdown, others fall into apathy, edits and ideas are made on the fly, and it seems nothing good can come of it. And then there's Jim Henson (Nicholas Braun, perfectly embodying the role), insisting that Muppets are serious business, George Carlin (Matthew Rhys), who is annoyed by everything, and a live llama; John Belushi (the wonderful Matt Wood) keeps disappearing, refusing to put on a bee costume, while studio management constantly throws a wrench in the works, periodically reminding the young enthusiasts that they are nobodies.

Emotions are at their peak, personal circumstances inevitably interfere, someone is eager to speak an uncomfortable truth at an inopportune moment, time flies at a breakneck speed, and only the bricks on the studio floor are laid endlessly slowly. All we can do is peek behind the scenes of this chaos, waiting for a miracle to happen in this seemingly hopeless and crazy situation, and even though we already know it will happen, as with any good story, it's impossible to tear ourselves away.

Jason Reitman, who previously directed sketches for SNL, has created a touching and energetic tribute to creativity itself—through a parade of perfect casting choices, his love for the show, and memories (you already know well about the fruits of his father Ivan Reitman's collaboration with Dan Aykroyd, who appears in the film played by Dylan O'Brien, and their long-standing friendship).

'Saturday Night' is not a perfect film, just like any creative process. Some may be put off by the fact that the story about creating a show that brought so much laughter to several generations is not always abundant with jokes. It contains many pop culture references that not everyone will understand, and a fair number of real events from that evening have been smoothed over. But it is still a beautiful and inspiring story about how many wonderful and great things were created not just out of nothing, but at moments when everything and everyone was against them happening.

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