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The Life of Chuck

2025 · 111 min

A gentle, bittersweet meditation on a life told backwards, mixing cosmic wonder with quiet grief and joyful dance.

Directed by
Mike Flanagan
Genres
Drama, Fantasy
Starring
Tom Hiddleston, Benjamin Pajak, Nick Offerman
Tagline
Every life is a universe all its own.
Overview
In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

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Directed by
Mike Flanagan
Genres
Drama, Fantasy
Starring
Tom Hiddleston, Benjamin Pajak, Nick Offerman
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • memory
  • grief
  • family
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour4
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, fantasy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Tom Hiddleston, Benjamin Pajak, Nick Offerman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Mia Sara, Mark Hamill, Annalise Basso
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
111 min
Country
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Languages
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