Life

Life

50%
  • R, 1 hr. 48 min.
  • Comedy
  • Directed By:
    Ted Demme
    In Theaters:
    Apr 16, 1999 Wide
    On DVD:
    Oct 19, 1999
  • Universal Pictures
  • Life
    2 minutes 41 seconds
    Added: May 9, 2008

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Life Reviews

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Life is a surprise that not only avoids typical trappings, but throws in a tinge of the bittersweet as well.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

April 25, 2009
Kate Manning
Palo Alto Weekly

| Original Score: 3/4

May 20, 2003
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | Original Score: 4.5/5

February 8, 2003
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | Original Score: 3/4

February 27, 2001
John Anderson
Newsday
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A very funny/surprisingly poignant story!

January 1, 2000
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Lively, packed with colorful characters and spiked with outbursts of outrageous banter!

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January 1, 2000
Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
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An unexpectedly moving surprise!

January 1, 2000
Jim Judy
Screen It!

Although it's not as constantly and/or outrageously funny as one would expect, the film is certainly easy to sit through and has enough laughs and otherwise entertaining moments.

Full Review Source: Screen It!

January 1, 2000
Steven Boone
Citysearch

Hilarious!

Full Review Source: Citysearch

January 1, 2000
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

The bickering of the two leads is funny in a loose, maybe improvisational way.

January 1, 2000
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald
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What's most effective about Life is the skillful way in which it blends poignancy into its broad tale.

January 1, 2000

| Original Score: 8/10

January 1, 2000
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | Original Score: 3/5

January 1, 2000
Matt Easterbrook
Matt's Movie Reviews

| Original Score: 6/10

January 1, 2000
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

The movie doesn't care much about realism, depicting the rigors of prison-farm life about as convincingly as Life Is Beautiful portrays a Nazi death camp. But it makes up in energy what it lacks in authenticity.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | Original Score: 3/4

January 1, 2000
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | Original Score: 3/4

January 1, 2000
Susan Granger
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | Original Score: 6/10

January 1, 2000
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

Full Review Source: Film Blather | Original Score: 3/4

January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Lawrence and Murphy make an entertaining team!

Full Review Source: New York Times

January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Full Review Source: ReelViews | Original Score: 3/4

January 1, 2000

Time Out
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Houston Chronicle
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July 21, 2005
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews
April 9, 2005
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
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December 31, 2003

Denver Post
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October 17, 2003
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer
October 15, 2002

Boxoffice Magazine

June 25, 2002
Philip Kemp
Sight and Sound

March 5, 2002

Los Angeles Times
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November 12, 2001
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile
January 1, 2000
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat
January 1, 2000
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee
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January 1, 2000
Noel Murray
Nashville Scene
January 1, 2000
Bob Graham
San Francisco Chronicle
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Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Original Score: 2/4

January 1, 2000
Wesley Morris
San Francisco Examiner
January 1, 2000
Jason Anderson
eye WEEKLY
January 1, 2000

Irish Times

January 1, 2000
Mac Verstandig
Moviereviews.org

January 1, 2000
Bob Bloom
rec.arts.movies.reviews
January 1, 2000
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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January 1, 2000
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