Movie

Life Support

2007 · 90 min

A sincere, heartfelt recovery drama that earns its tears through quiet resilience and hard-won family repair.

Tagline: You Can't Live Without It.
Overview: The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.
How it feels: Earnest, warm, melancholic and uplifting. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Addiction, redemption, family, healing
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: addiction
redemption
family
healing
trauma
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild