Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever

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Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever

2025

1h 28m

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How far would you go to live forever -- or even just slow down the aging process? This startling documentary by Chris Smith (Fyre, 100 Foot Wave) is told through intimate access to Bryan Johnson, a man who has dedicated his life to defy aging. Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever dives into the controversial wellness practices one man is using to maintain youth and vitality, and the effect this journey has on himself and those around him.

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Robert Levin

Newsday

The movie never connects Johnson's bizarre lifestyle to any sort of larger, meaningful idea.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 24, 2025

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Brent Simon

AV Club

Despite this committed avoidance of a heavier thematic lift, Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants To Live Forever still works quite fine as a slice of diverting entertainment.

Rated: C+

Jan 6, 2025

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

Faced with the problem of humanizing a man who aspires to cheat a fundamental aspect of human existence, Smith settles for a banal father-son arc.

Jan 3, 2025

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

An uncritical mad scientist doc.

Rated: C

Feb 3, 2025

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Kara Bettis Carvalho

Christianity Today

While stewardship is one thing, complete control is another. Johnson’s experiment is the pinnacle -- or maybe the Frankenstein’s monster -- of a society obsessed with autonomy and personal agency.

Jan 30, 2025

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Chauncey K. Robinson

People's World

It would be easy to dismiss the doc as a cash grab indulging society’s desire to gawk the eccentric. Yet, the sensationalized, ridiculous, and—interestingly enough—sometimes touching film inadvertently lends itself to a more significant conversation.

Rated: B-

Jan 21, 2025

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Simon T

Bryan Johnson is a damaged individual who genuinely believes that spending every waking moment taking a wardrobe of pills, injecting his pallid body with drug cocktails and filming every second of his peculiar lifestyle he'll escape death. The one aspect he hasn't elected to examine is his mental health, which this documentary chooses to ignore. It's quite interesting up to a point, but he's just not a very interesting person.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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Dusty S

Spoiler, he will eventually die.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/18/25

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Scott M

A well balanced doc that simultaneously explores the lunacy and genius of Bryan Johnson, in his quest for prolonged life, and companionship.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/05/25

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Daniel K

Methodological insights as well as an unusual look into Johnson's personal life. An excellent complement thought not a replacement for the rest of Johnson's work on longevity and his writing on the future of humanity.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/01/25

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Audience Member

Bryan is unique. And I'm glad he shares his journey with the world! Enjoy blueprint and his movement

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/20/25

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Anderson G

It's amazing, the dedication, the sacrifice to overcome something that seems like an insult to me, the time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/25

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How far would you go to live forever -- or even just slow down the aging process? This startling documentary by Chris Smith (Fyre, 100 Foot Wave) is told through intimate access to Bryan Johnson, a man who has dedicated his life to defy aging. Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever dives into the controversial wellness practices one man is using to maintain youth and vitality, and the effect this journey has on himself and those around him.

Director: Chris Smith
Producer: Daniel Koehler, Ashlee Vance, Chris Smith
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Library Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2025
Runtime: 1h 28m

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