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Defending Your Life
MEANRANK
74/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92. Critics average 92, everyone else 71.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.
Details
- Director
- Albert Brooks
- Writer
- Albert Brooks
- Studio
- Geffen Pictures
- Released
- 22 March 1991
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $16.4M
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