I Want to Live! fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and thrilling
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Crime, a real life story, and the mind
Standout performances, characters, and direction
Standout cinematography
Tense and thrilling
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
I Want to Live! is tense and thrilling. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Emotionally, it's deeply moving, melancholic, and cathartic.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Crime, a real life story, and the mind
Its world is built around crime, a real life story, and the mind.
Standout performances, characters, and direction
The performances, characters, and direction stand out.
Standout cinematography
Look and sound: the cinematography stand out.
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I Want to Live! is included with a subscription to YouTube TV in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on YouTube Free. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 85/100 (IMDb 7.5 and Rotten Tomatoes 94%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: violence, strong language, and suicide themes.
2 h 0 min
I Want to Live! runs 2 h 0 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Not quite. Critics rate I Want to Live! higher (94) than audiences (79). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for I Want to Live! in 10 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 27 storytelling tropes for I Want to Live!, including Smoking Is Cool, Paparazzi, The Stool Pigeon.
7.5
