How I Live Now (film)

How I Live Now
UK poster
Directed byKevin Macdonald
Screenplay by
Based onHow I Live Now
by Meg Rosoff
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyFranz Lustig
Edited byJinx Godfrey
Music byJon Hopkins
Production
companies
Distributed byEntertainment One
Release dates
  • September 2013 (2013-09) (TIFF)
  • 4 October 2013 (2013-10-04) (UK)
Running time
101 minutes[2]
Countries
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUS$8,000,000
Box office$1.1 million[3]

How I Live Now is a 2013 romantic speculative drama film based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Meg Rosoff. It was directed by Kevin Macdonald, written by Tony Grisoni, Jeremy Brock and Penelope Skinner while starring Saoirse Ronan, George MacKay, Tom Holland, Harley Bird, Anna Chancellor and Corey Johnson. The film centres around American teenager, Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) and her British cousins, Eddie (MacKay), Isaac (Holland), and Piper (Bird), as they try to reunite during an apocalyptic nuclear war.

The film premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival during the special presentation section. Upon release, the film received mixed reviews, with some critics praising the romance between Ronan and MacKay and positively comparing the former's role as Daisy to Jennifer Lawrence's role as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games. The film was nominated for multiple awards across various categories including Ronan being nominated for a BIFA and a Saturn Award for Best Actress. MacKay and Ronan were both nominated for Best Young Actor at the London Film Critics' Circle. MacKay also went on to win the Breakthrough Award at the Richard Attenborough Film Awards.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "How I Live Now (2013)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  2. ^ "How I Live Now (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. ^ "How I Live Now (2013) - Financial Information". The Numbers.