Life

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Life

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2017

1h 43m

Sci-Fi

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Astronauts (Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds) aboard the International Space Station are on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As members of the crew conduct their research, the rapidly evolving life-form proves far more intelligent and terrifying than anyone could have imagined.

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Critics Consensus

Life is just thrilling, well-acted, and capably filmed enough to overcome an overall inability to add new wrinkles to the trapped-in-space genre.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

03/26/2020

This sci-fi shocker sticks closely to the Alien playbook, down to the intimately acquainted, flatly characterized crew and the scenes of chaos, panic, and overlapping dialogue.

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Kristen Lopez

Culturess

11/20/2017

It's familiar comfort food for those in need of gory goodness.

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Valerie Complex

Affinity Magazine

06/10/2017

2/5

When compared to the cast of Alien, the ISS team isn't well-textured, developed, or likable.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jul 20

2/5

There’s is certainly fun to be had in “Life,” fun you’ve had before or fun limited by missed opportunities to do something surprising or different.

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Noah Berlatsky

Everything is Horrible (Substack)

May 26

Life copies the Alien body, but leaves out the grimy soul

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

08/13/2024

5/10

A dull and predictable science-fiction movie. [Full review in Spanish]

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Mike T

@Supersteak Dec 19

One of the worst space movies I've ever seen. Cliché, no story, no suspense, nothing interesting, you never understand what the creature is, ending is terrible... They took many great actors and made a shitty film. The whole concept is horrible. This was long and so bad..... Started good but looks like the scenarist has absolutely no imagination. You know everything thats about to happen, If you can avoid this movie do it its just ridiculous. Alien has no personnality, not scary, no nothing. Last movie this bad was Blare project 20 years ago 😂

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santu k

@irishsantos09 Dec 13

It's absolutely good movie ofcourse about life of new creature is not elaborated if they had given more context about that then this movie is awesome.... really worth better than gravity and I liked the ending which is fantastic...

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Eswaran W

@Eswaran75 Dec 2

An under rated movie, that is certainly worth a watch. A terrific cast. The ending alone warrants praise.

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Marilo N

Nov 29

Just cheesy and predictable, just like a cheep thriller where every stupid thing a person shouldn’t do, is exactly what they then does.

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Michael M

@mickeysamo Oct 24

It's like Alien, but bland

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Arthur D

Oct 12

I enjoyed the movie because the acting was solid and the plot featured some unexpected twists. While the ending wasn’t particularly surprising, it was satisfying—unlike other films that leave things unresolved. At least this one delivered a conclusion with a twist.

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Life: Official Clip - Escape to Earth

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Life: Official Clip - Calvin Comes Out

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Synopsis

Astronauts (Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds) aboard the International Space Station are on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As members of the crew conduct their research, the rapidly evolving life-form proves far more intelligent and terrifying than anyone could have imagined.

Director: Daniel Espinosa
Producer: David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn
Screenwriter: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Skydance Productions
Rating: R (Some Sci-Fi Violence|Language Throughout|Terror)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 24, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $30.2M
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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