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Life Itself

R Released Sep 21, 2018 1h 58m Comedy Drama Romance TRAILER for Life Itself: Trailer 1 List
13% Tomatometer 155 Reviews 83% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings
College sweethearts Will and Abby fall in love, get married and prepare to bring their first child into the world. As their story unfolds in New York, fate links them to a group of people in Seville, Spain, including a troubled young woman, a man and his granddaughter, a wealthy landowner and a plantation manager. Read More Read Less
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A mawkish melodrama that means less the more it tries to say, Life Itself suggests writer-director Dan Fogelman's talents are best suited to television.

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Robbie Collin Kermode & Mayo's Film Review Every big dramatic moment is sapped of all its energy entirely. Jan 12, 2019 Full Review Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) The film's indulgences are so heart-on-sleeve that it's hard to differentiate watching it from hearing someone pitch their very bad screenplay ideas with no attempt to read the room... Rated: 1/5 Jan 6, 2019 Full Review Wendy Ide Observer (UK) Despite the suffering ladled on to the characters, I remained stonily unmoved throughout. Rated: 1/5 Jan 5, 2019 Full Review Calum Cooper Source (Scotland) The film is trying to show how one thing can impact several lives for better and for worse. This isn’t a bad idea, and there are occasional bursts of appeal scattered about. But the execution is hopelessly barbaric. Rated: 1/5 Jul 14, 2024 Full Review Ryan McQuade InSession Film The most insulting and manipulative movie of the year. Rated: F Apr 3, 2024 Full Review M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut Life Itself is too self-indulgent, sappy, and overly sentimental for its own good. By the last third, it becomes manipulative and even tedious. Rated: 1.5/5 Aug 16, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Heather K I have seen this movie about 10 times and still gets me everytime. So moving and powerful of how life changes and everything mingles together. One of my top 5 of all time. I don't know what the "critics" are thinking. Maybe they should consider a different career path Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/26/24 Full Review Jason B Great Great Movie! I do not know how I never heard of this movie before. Loved it!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/15/24 Full Review david o Absolutely loved it. The non audience 'critics ' don't know what they're on about. It was so good. Touching, real, relevant, thought provoking. Deserves heaps of praise. See it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/13/24 Full Review David O I believe it takes a special mind to understand this level of creativity. I believe it is a masterpiece. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/07/24 Full Review Anakin S I Love The Scenes With The Orion V Bus In The Film I Want 2 Watch It Again And Wht Bus Company Was Tht Orion V Bus Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/06/24 Full Review Audience Member Some interesting moments that show the complexities of life. I do appreciate a movie that doesn't sugar coat things. I liked how it showed that life is not just hard for you and, in fact, people have much harder lives and situations than you. You don't need to play the victim, but you also don't need to give up. Keep going, make others happy. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/02/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis College sweethearts Will and Abby fall in love, get married and prepare to bring their first child into the world. As their story unfolds in New York, fate links them to a group of people in Seville, Spain, including a troubled young woman, a man and his granddaughter, a wealthy landowner and a plantation manager.
Director
Dan Fogelman
Producer
Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Aaron Ryder, Dan Fogelman
Screenwriter
Dan Fogelman
Distributor
Amazon Studios
Production Co
FilmNation Entertainment, Temple Hill Entertainment
Rating
R (Language|Brief Drug Use|Sexual References|Some Violent Images)
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 21, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 22, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.1M
Runtime
1h 58m
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