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The Life of David Gale
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2765
- IMDb #1060
- Google retired #797
- Rotten Tomatoes #3727
- Metacritic #4342
- Letterboxd #2062
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #5137
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1541
- Metacritic Critics #4713
- Metacritic Audience #2874
- Criticker #1453
- Douban #248
- Kinopoisk #152
- AlloCiné #640
- Trakt #868
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 19, highest is Google on 92. Critics average 25, everyone else 76.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A prominent professor and anti-death penalty activist finds himself on death row, convicted of the murder of a fellow activist. Days before his execution, he grants an exclusive interview to a ambitious journalist. As she investigates the details of the case, she is forced to question the evidence and the man's guilt, racing against the clock to uncover the truth.
Details
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Writer
- Charles Randolph
- Released
- 21 February 2003
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $50.0M
- Box office
- $39.0M
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Cast
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Awards
3 nominations total
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