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• Drama
• Fantasy

• 2024
• Mike Flanagan
• 110 mins
• 15

Summary

A life-affirming, genre-bending story about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz. Fantasy drama, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay and Benjamin Pajak

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Kevin Harley

In the spirit of The Shawshank Redemption - if not quite the class - writer/director Mike Flanagan's non-horror Stephen King adaptation is a reflective, crowd-pleasing drama with cosmic undercurrents. The three-act plot tells a life story in reverse, beginning at the world's demise - where a teacher (Chiwetel Ejiofor) keeps seeing posters thanking a man named Chuck Krantz for "39 great years". Act two introduces Chuck as an accountant and exuberant dancer (Tom Hiddleston), before the final section explores young Chuck's formative triumphs and traumas. Following Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep, Flanagan's third King movie shares the writer's generous feel for character and dialogue. The director's way with actors matches the material well, with Hiddleston, Karen Gillan, Mark Hamill, Benjamin Pajak and Matthew Lillard providing winning turns. Meanwhile, an affirmative meditation on life-changing choices takes gradual shape between the diffuse character strands. Even if The Life of Chuck can get schmaltzy, there are plenty of poignant, well-crafted pleasures to be had from its richly imagined and heartfelt fable of life's joys and mysteries.

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7.3/10

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Cast

rolenameCharles 'Chuck' KrantzTom HiddlestonCharles 'Chuck' KrantzJacob TremblayCharles 'Chuck' KrantzBenjamin PajakCharles 'Chuck' KrantzCody FlanaganMarty AndersonChiwetel EjioforFelicia GordonKaren GillanSarah KrantzMia SaraSam YarboroughCarl LumblyAlbie KrantzMark HamillJoshDavid Dastmalchian

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rolenameDirectorMike FlanaganWriterMike FlanaganWriterStephen KingProducerMike FlanaganProducerTrevor MacyComposerThe Newton BrothersDirector of photographyEben BolterEditorMike FlanaganCastingAnne McCarthyCastingMorgan RobbinsCastingKellie RoyProduction designerSteve Arnold

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Details

Theatrical distributor

StudioCanal

Released on

2025-08-20

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing, sexual references

Formats

Colour

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