The Life of Chuck fingerprintBig heart, strong craft, no humor.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Romantic and moving
Much of it is about growing up and family.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, a real life story, and growing up
Standout performances, characters, and direction
Standout score
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
The Life of Chuck is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Romantic and moving
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Emotionally, it's romantic, moving, and hopeful. Much of it is about growing up and family.
Everyday modern life, a real life story, and growing up
Its world is built around everyday modern life, a real life story, and growing up.
Standout performances, characters, and direction
The performances, characters, and direction stand out.
Standout score
Look and sound: the score stand out.
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The Life of Chuck is included with a subscription to Hulu in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy. 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.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 74/100 (IMDb 7.3, Rotten Tomatoes 80%, and Metacritic 67). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States.
1 h 51 min
The Life of Chuck runs 1 h 51 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Yes. Critics average 74 and audiences 76 out of 100, so both groups see The Life of Chuck much the same way.
No. It cost about $25 million to make and earned $20 million worldwide, 79% of its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+71GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Life of Chuck in 85 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 56 storytelling tropes for The Life of Chuck, including Easter Egg, Informed Judaism, Cool Teacher.
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