The Life of Chuck

critic Reviews

, 86% Fresh Tomatometer Score
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    Kristen LopezThe Film Maven (Substack)
    The Life of Chuck isn’t a movie with answers, but it’s a movie with compassion and understanding, which we can definitely use.
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    Siddhant AdlakhaVariety
    “Would answers make a good thing better?” [The film] ends up proving its point in all the wrong ways, swerving in and out of a boorish literalism that robs the film of its most euphoric power.
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    Kristy PuchkoMashable
    The Life of Chuck is a perfect marriage of Mike Flanagan and Stephen King's talents, but not in the way you might expect.
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    Johnny OleksinskiNew York Post
    The twist that explains away this confounding world only ups the film’s quality from awful to fine.
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    Michael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood Reporter
    Here, lacking in tonal connective tissue, The Life of Chuck may still leave in its wake the desired upbeat, life-hugging effect, but it ultimately proves to be an ephemeral one...
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    Meagan NavarroBloody Disgusting
    It’s so endearingly sincere that only the hardest of cynics won’t be won over by the uplifting, earnest depiction of the complex universes- of the multitudes- within each and every one of us.
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    Tara McNamaraCommon Sense Media
    This is the kind of storytelling that quietly tugs at your heartstrings, making you want to cry, until you realize there's no need. You're basking in the beauty of a perfectly told story.
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    Carla RenataThe Curvy Film Critic
    The Life of Chuck is a unforgettable lesson in life during a time where humanity is on the precipice of not knowing what is on the other side, but realizing our future is what we choose to make it.
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    David GonzalezThe Cinematic Reel
    The Life of Chuck is euphoric. Flanagan fuses Stephen King’s nostalgic tenderness with a Frank Capra-esque celebration of human connection, creating a heartfelt embrace of life’s most precious moments.
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    Tessa SmithMama's Geeky
    A beautiful and deeply moving film that is filled to the brim with an insanely talented cast delivering some of the best performances of their lives. The Life Of Chuck is destined to go down in history as one of the greats.
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