Life Itself (2018 film)

Life Itself
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDan Fogelman
Written byDan Fogelman
Produced by
Starring
Narrated by
CinematographyBrett Pawlak
Edited byJulie Monroe
Music byFederico Jusid
Production
companies
Distributed byAmazon Studios
Release dates
  • September 8, 2018 (2018-09-08) (TIFF)
  • September 21, 2018 (2018-09-21) (United States)
Running time
117 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
Budget$10 million[2]
Box office$8 million[3]

Life Itself is a 2018 American psychological drama film written, co-produced and directed by Dan Fogelman. It stars Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Mandy Patinkin, Olivia Cooke, Laia Costa, Annette Bening, and Antonio Banderas, and follows multiple couples over numerous generations, and their connections to a single event.

The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on September 21, 2018, by Amazon Studios. Life Itself was largely panned by critics, who criticized Fogelman's screenplay and direction, and calling it "simultaneously overwrought and underwhelming."[4]

  1. ^ "Life Itself". AMC Theatres. Archived from the original on October 1, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
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  3. ^ "Life Itself (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on December 12, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  4. ^ Giles, Jeff (September 20, 2018). "The House with a Clock in Its Walls Ticks Along Tolerably". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2018.