Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

A photographer for Life Magazine is assigned to shoot pictures of James Dean. Life is probably one of the few good movies that are based upon the life of James Dean and honestly i think Pattinson did a pretty good job in this film as this photographer that has issues with his life since he doesn't see his son that much and he is trying to help James Dean threw many occasions he is basically the guy who is trying to make him famous and Dane DeHaan does look like Dean a bit like that scene when he is walking down the street and Dennis takes pictures of him but like i said it's a pretty good movie it's not perfect for sure cause some characters get thrown on the big screen played by great actors and then disappear and maybe the pacing is a little off for some but still a pretty good movie.

The glimpse into old Hollywood was the only redeeming feature of this film. Dane DeHaan appears to be doing an imitation of Edward Furlong if he were doing an imitation of James Dean. Pretending you are a rebel by not having the energy to open you mouth when you speak is not acting, Dean was withdrawn but could enunciate. Dean had a look and a vibe, that DeHaan is far too dumpy looking to pull off. They say Dean was "bi", but, DeHaan had "gaydars" on blast from his seen. As always, Robert Pattinson is one dimensional, a card board cutout may have had more depth. This could have been a much better film with better casting of the two main rolls. I be surprised if Ben Kingsley isn't embarrassed by the this stinker. I want my 111 minutes back!

Greetings from Lithuania."Life" (2015) isn't a real biopic. It is more of a persons portrait in that particular time and place - not the best, not the worst. Strange to say but "Life" is more like a character study movie then a real biopic about James Dean. Dane DeHaan acting was quite interesting. I'm still not sure was it good, but it surely wasn't the best real life person interpretation ever. Other were OK, nothing special. Overall, if you are looking for a good James Dean biopic, this movie will probably be a bit disappointing. It is not particularly involving one, it is more of character study drama. Directing was pretty nice, although at the running time 1 h 45 min this movie is very slow paced, it is not a bad movie by any means, just not particularly engaging one because of the script. 7/10 in my opinion.

Life Magazine photographer Dennis Stock forms an attachment and gets to spend time and photograph a young James Dean in the early stages of his tragically short career. Set around the time of the announcement of the engagement of Pier Angeli to Vic Damone, the news sent Dean spiralling into depression, Dean having dated Angeli previously. Dennis recognises that 'Jimmy' is part of a change in society, and aims to be there throughout.James Dean is a truly iconic figure, to this day his tragic loss is felt, who knows how good an actor he would have become. It's a very sensitive film, everything is subtle and softly done somehow, I include the two leading performances in that summary also, I thought Dane DeHaan was an excellent piece of casting as James Dean, I bought into him. As for R Patz I quite like him as an actor, I question some of the roles he takes, I thought he was very good in this. The gravitas came from Ben Kingsley, who unfortunately didn't get a great amount of screen time.I find the start a little slow, but after the first thirty or forty minutes it really opens up. Rather good, underrated movie, 7/10