The Life of Chuck

THE LIFE OF CHUCK 👔 

It’s not about the years in your life; it’s about the life in your years.

Director Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, Hush) flips the script from horror to hope with his adaptation of Stephen King’s life-affirming short story, THE LIFE OF CHUCK.

Tom Hiddleston (Marvel’s Loki, The Night Manager, Kong: Skull Island) stars as Charles “Chuck” Krantz, an everyday man who has his life revisited through three acts that play out his wandering mind’s imagination, the moments in time he wishes could’ve lasted forever, and the core memories that made him who he is today.

There are so many stories that remind us of the doom and gloom of everything going on in the real world, but not enough stories like this that remind us how incredible it is to simply exist.

I’ve been around death a lot more than I ever have over the last few years, and it really skews your perception of existence and the fact that our mortality is finite.

Obviously every story has some sort of opposing force, and in this it’s the lingering effect of Father Time, which, as an idea, is the evil that persists. In most cases that could be disheartening, but THE LIFE OF CHUCK reels you in with bouts of hope and happiness that will have you leaving the theatre inspired to live a little!

What will resonate with audiences is that Chuck is an average person who went about life to the best of his capabilities. Like most people, he had dreams and aspirations beyond what his adult life would become, but that never meant he wasn’t more than what he was; it was just that life had other plans. In a way it’s conveying that there’s a balance that should be had between being the responsible adult you need to be to navigate life while still allowing the childlike wonder we all have inside us to see the light of day.

Michael Flanagan delivers a heart-swelling journey that brilliantly unpacks the beauty of life through the emotional toll of death.

This is one of the best Stephen King adaptations in recent memory, my personal favourite Michael Flanagan film or series, and a potential contender for Best Picture at next year’s Academy Awards. 

Enjoy!

7.9/10 🍿 🎥

Runtime: 1hr51mins

Where: In Theatres June 13th

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