“An overwhelming and masterful swan song”: noted 4.1 out of 5 is the film to be seen absolutely this week!

Cinematographic adaptation of the new name of the same name of Stephen King, published in 2020 in the collection If it bleedsThe Life of Chuck is released this week in theaters. Directed by Mike Flanagan, who for the occasion signs the third adaptation of a book by the writer after Jessie (2017) and Doctor Sleep (2019) (and soon the Dark Tower in series), the feature film was very well received by the French press: with an average of 4.1 by 5, it is the best film of the week.

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What is it talking about?

“Through three enigmatic acts, Life of Chuck sketches the life of Charles” Chuck “Krantz (Tom Hiddleston), an ordinary man, whose existence seems woven with fleeting beauty, poetry and signs of destiny …”

What the press thinks:

According to Cahiers du Cinéma:

“Flanagan paradoxically reaches this feeling of multitude by turning away from all over-dramatization. The only images that give body to the announced disaster quickly go through television.” By Jean -Marie Samocki – 5/5

According to the fantastic screen:

“An overwhelming and masterful swan song.” By Isabelle Doll – 5/5

According to Nice-Matin:

“Complex film, on dreams and broken destinies, which goes constantly towards the unexpected and built as a puzzle, the course moves and has this rare ability to anchor in the mind of the spectator.” By Cédric Coppola – 5/5

According to Band apart:

“Life of Chuck is a little wonder.” By François -Xavier Taboni – 4/5

According to FilmSacto:

“How to kick the foot by telling the end of a world. It's magic. Sensory. Tender. Destabilizing. With unfathomable sadness. Difficult not to cry and smile in the darkness of the cinema.” By Olivier Portnoi – 4/5

According to Le Figaro:

“Presented in preview, last September, at the Toronto Festival, Life of Chuck left with the public price. Indeed, it is difficult to resist so much charm and delicacy.” By Constance Jamet – 4/5

According to the Geek Journal:

“Even far from horror, Mike Flanagan proves that he is an outstanding storyteller and that Stephen King's imagination suits him so well. Thank you King, thank you Flanagan and especially thank you Chuck!” By Julie Hay – 4/5

According to Liberation:

“It is through this hidden darkness that Life of Chuck, despite his naivety, finds a certain breath. Flanagan succeeds less by exalting the candor of youth than looking at the abyss, the bitter horizon that constitutes the reverse.” By Clément Colliaux – 3/5