Lisa Kudrow Criticizes Tom Hanks Movie Here as ‘Endorsement of A.I.’ [Video]

Lisa Kudrow is sharing her thoughts on Tom Hanks‘ latest film Here, which she’s calling an “endorsement for A.I.”

The Friends alum appeared on a Dec. 9 episode of Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, where she criticized the project from director Robert Zemeckis and the technology used to de-age Hanks and costar Robin Wright, who all previously worked together on Forrest Gump.

For the film, as previously reported, A.I. company Metaphysic’s Metaphysic Live tool was tapped to de-age Here‘s stars without any need for VFX or further work, with the plot taking place over a number of decades. Zemeckis previously said in early 2023 that he had “always been attracted to technology that helps me to tell a story” and that the film “wouldn’t work without our actors seamlessly transforming into younger versions of themselves.”

“It’s going through time,” Kudrow, 61, said of the film, which released in November. “They shot it and …