The Life of Chuck

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The Life of Chuck

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From childhood to adulthood, Charles "Chuck" Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

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Showing a sweeter side of director Mike Flanagan's deeply-felt emotional register, The Life of Chuck is a buoyant and often wonderful adaptation of one of Stephen King's more cosmically optimistic tales.

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The Life of Chuck refreshingly defies the norm, delivering a heartfelt non-linear experience that brings joy in the form of a dancing Tom Hiddleston.

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

The movie is maudlin and pessimistic and features a mildly sardonic voiceover narration by Nick Offerman that only serves to distance us from the action.

Rated: 1/4

Jun 23, 2025

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Max Weiss

Baltimore Magazine

Although its unusual structure and smidge of Stephen King weirdness (it’s based on one of his novellas) saves it from being a complete washout.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 23, 2025

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Unlike horrors and dreams and fantasies, the imaginary world that dominates The Life of Chuck is utterly devoid of personality. The trickery of its creation is clever but impersonal for reasons that go beyond the story’s stiff detail-twiddling.

Jun 18, 2025

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Nicholas Bell

Fish Jelly Films (YouTube)

A bittersweet rumination on life, time, and our minuscule moment in the cosmos, The Life of Chuck isn't so much profound as it is a reminder to live/laugh/love.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 2, 2025

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Kip Mooney

College Movie Review

A movie to be embraced, shared, and revisited. See it with someone you love.

Rated: A

Jul 2, 2025

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Brendan Cassidy

InSession Film

The whole thematic conceit of The Life of Chuck is dependent on its lack of uniqueness, the notion that we are the stars of our own stories. By casting actors we know it gives this experience too much specificity when it needed more opacity.

Rated: C

Jul 2, 2025

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Beautifully done,. Especially enjoyed the dancing and starting with part "3" the end. Mr King is quite the metaphysical Hitchcock these days.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/02/25

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Kieran

Another adapted masterpiece from our man Flanagan. Life of Chuck excellently portrays the philosophy of perceived worlds and one dying observes that in third person.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/02/25

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Sue

It was an interesting way to do a life review

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/02/25

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GO SEET IT NOW!

It was original, thought provoking and well made!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/02/25

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Mr. Hollywood

Enjoyable ride but youre ahead of the film. You know what it is before its revealed. Funny and interesting even though its predictable but you should watch it

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/02/25

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Miranda

I liked that the story was brief, and there was little dialog. It really made me pay attention to the actors faces and body language. While the topic could be very mature at times, there was also an ageless quality that I found appealing. I saw it with my 82 year old mother, and I'd watch it with my kids and grandkids too. I left feeling hopeful and grateful for my own full life. Very satisfying.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/01/25

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Synopsis

From childhood to adulthood, Charles "Chuck" Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

Director: Mike Flanagan
Producer: Trevor Macy, Mike Flanagan
Screenwriter: Mike Flanagan
Distributor: NEON
Production Co: Intrepid Pictures, Red Room Pictures
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 13, 2025, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.7M
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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