Life Itself

Life Itself 2014

8/10

NETFLIX Rating : 4.1

IMDB Rating : 7.8

FD Smart Rating : 8

Synopsis : Follow Roger Ebert from his school newspaper days to his status as America's premier film critic in this documentary drawn from his memoir.

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Directors:

Steve James

Actors:

Martin Scorsese , Ava DuVernay , Roger Ebert

Languages:

French , English , Spanish , Brazilian Portuguese , German

Subtitles:

French , Spanish , English , Brazilian Portuguese , Dutch , German , Swedish , Danish , Finnish

Genres:

Documentary, Biography

Release Date:

2014

Run Time:

2h0m

Maturity Rating:

brief sexual images/nudity and language

'Life Itself' recounts the surprising and entertaining life of world-renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert - a story that's by turns personal, wistful, funny, painful, and transcendent. The film explores the impact and legacy of Roger Ebert's life: from his Pulitzer Prize-winning film criticism and his nearly quarter-century run with Gene Siskel on their review show, to becoming one of the country's most influential cultural voices, and finally to Roger's inspiring battles with cancer and the resulting physical disability - how he literally and symbolically put a new face on the disease and continued to be a cultural force despite it.

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