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Life Itself
MEANRANK
63/100
Every rating
Sharply split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 12, highest is Google on 96. Critics average 16, everyone else 73.
See the most contested films →The story spans multiple generations, from the streets of New York to the Spanish countryside, exploring how one single event creates ripples through the lives of multiple people. It follows a young couple's journey from college to marriage and the birth of their child, and how an unexpected tragedy connects their story to a wealthy olive farm owner in Spain and a young girl in New York, showing how love and fate intertwine in life's profound and often heartbreaking journey.
Details
- Director
- Dan Fogelman
- Writer
- Dan Fogelman
- Studio
- FilmNation Entertainment, Nostromo Pictures, Temple Hill Entertainment, 17-28 Black Production
- Released
- 21 September 2018
- Country
- Spain, United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $10.0M
- Box office
- $8.0M
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Cast
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Awards
2 wins & 4 nominations total
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