Life (1999)
In the mid-1990s, two inmates bury the burned bodies of two lifers at Mississippi's infamous Parchman Farm; a third old-timer relates their story. They'd served 65 years for a murder they didn't commit, framed by a local sheriff while buying moonshine whiskey for a Manhattan club owner to whom they owed money... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Ted Demme
Written By: Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone
Starring: Ned Beatty, Eddie Murphy, R. Lee Ermey, Bokeem Woodbine, Anthony Anderson, Martin Lawrence, Nick Cassavetes, Obba Babatundé, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Bernie Mac, Barry Shabaka Henley, Ned Vaughn
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Life belongs to 10 collections
1. #1 at the US Box Office (collaborative: moderated by BeeDub - 10 stars)
2. Prison (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 5 stars)
3. Race / Racism (collaborative: moderated by Moribunny - 4 stars)
4. African-American protagonist (collaborative: moderated by Moribunny - 3 stars)
5. Prison Camp (collaborative: moderated by djross - 2 stars)
6. Coheed's Celluloid Pit (public: Coheed - 1 star)
7. Set In Mississippi (collaborative: moderated by Bojangles)
8. NAACP Image Award Nominees and Winners (collaborative: moderated by Roman_Herbom)
9. Black Reel Award for Outstanding Film Nominees and Winners (collaborative: moderated by Roman_Herbom)
10. DoObejrzenia (public: peeroog)
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BillyShears | 70 53rd |
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If this came out in 2018 it would’ve probably smothered Green Book.
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Alex Watkins | 0 3rd |
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Eddie Murphy is no longer funny. Martin Lawrence was never funny.
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nandorizzi | 70 61st |
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Despite some funny moments, if not seen as a comedy, it is good to pass the time.
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TonythePony | 50 14th |
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Boring. Not the boring that goes on in 'The Core' or 'Armageddon', err, wait, bad examples, anyway, the one where you have to cut yourself to stay awake, that kind of boring.
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Okkervil | 30 21st |
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Slow and boring. I really can't stand Martin Lawrence either, the totally unwatchable fuckwit. Saying that this film is strangely compelling, in a perhaps slightly unsettling way. "Unsettling" in the sence of "why am I watching this, and why do I need to know the ending?" It actually has some very pretty scenes too!
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| Average Percentile 39.5% from 939 Ratings |  |