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Life Itself

2018 · 118 min

An earnest, sprawling tearjerker that keeps yanking the rug out, swinging between tender romance and blunt tragedy until it feels exhausting.

Directed by: Dan Fogelman
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Annette Bening

Tagline: Life will surprise you
Overview: As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.

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Directed by: Dan Fogelman
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Annette Bening

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
family
love
fate
trauma
Places: big city
countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	6
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	9

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