Dan Aykroyd Calls Saturday Night Movie a ‘Stand-Alone Masterpiece’

Dan Aykroyd has formally given Saturday Evening his stamp of approval.

The actor and authentic Saturday Evening Reside castmember took to X, previously Twitter, on Friday to share his ideas on director Jason Reitman‘s newest movie, which facilities on the 90 minutes main as much as the sketch comedy present’s first broadcast in 1975.

“Cracking a Head to applaud Jason Reitman’s triumphant SNL movie. Wow!” Aykroyd wrote after watching the film at his native theater. “What a propulsive, participating, humorous, fantastically solid and acted, suspenseful, adventurous, music-filled journey.  An ideal window into the artistic course of at its highest degree. Fairly correct too.”

The Ghostbusters actor continued, “I used to be there that evening and acquired to relive it splendidly once more. Congratulations Gil, Jason and Blumie. Don’t miss it whether or not the present or not. It’s a stand-alone masterpiece and surefire candidate for Greatest Image.”

Saturday Evening takes place on Oct. 11, 1975, the day SNL premiered, and follows a ferocious troupe of younger comedians and writers who change tv ceaselessly. Dylan O’Brien performs Aykroyd, alongside Gabriel LaBelle (Lorne Michaels), Rachel Sennott (Rosie Shuster), Cory Michael Smith (Chevy Chase), Ella Hunt (Gilda Radner), Emily Fairn (Laraine Newman), Matt Wooden (John Belushi), Lamorne Morris (Garrett Morris), Kim Matula (Jane Curtin), Nicholas Braun (Andy Kaufman) and Andrew Barth Feldman (Neil Levy).

Reitman beforehand informed The Hollywood Reporter that discovering the film’s Aykroyd was probably the most tough, saying, “It was genuinely scary.” The filmmaker stated the actor had a “very distinctive intercourse attraction,” so when he discovered that “there was an appreciation of Dylan O’Brien” amongst girls, Reitman knew he discovered the fitting man for the function.

Aykroyd additionally famous on social media that he was “excited to see how Jason’s hilarious but suspenseful story turned out” as a result of he was the “solely authentic crew member who had an opportunity to learn the script.”

Saturday Evening is presently enjoying in theaters.