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The Life of Chuck (2025)

R 06/05/2025 Drama, Fantasy 1h 51m
73%
User
Score
7.6/10
84%
63/100

Every life is a universe all its own.

Overview

In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

Mike Flanagan

Director

Top Billed Cast

Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hiddleston

Charles 'Chuck' Krantz

Jacob Tremblay

Jacob Tremblay

Charles 'Chuck' Krantz (teen)

Benjamin Pajak

Benjamin Pajak

Charles 'Chuck' Krantz (pre-teen)

Cody Flanagan

Cody Flanagan

Charles 'Chuck' Krantz (child)

Nick Offerman

Nick Offerman

Narrator (voice)

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Marty Anderson

Karen Gillan

Karen Gillan

Felicia Gordon

Annalise Basso

Annalise Basso

Janice Halliday

Mia Sara

Mia Sara

Sarah Krantz

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Media

Chiwetel Ejiofor at The Life of Chuck premiere

Chiwetel Ejiofor at The Life of Chuck premiere

Mike Flanagan on what audiences should expect from The Life of Chuck

Mike Flanagan on what audiences should expect from The Life of Chuck

Tom Hiddleston - The Life of Chuck premiere

Tom Hiddleston - The Life of Chuck premiere

Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton - The Life of Chuck premiere

Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton - The Life of Chuck premiere

Tom Hiddleston at The Life of Chuck London premiere

Tom Hiddleston at The Life of Chuck London premiere

Tom Hiddleston, Mike Flanagan & More Honor Stephen King’s Ode To Existence In ‘The Life Of Chuck’

Tom Hiddleston, Mike Flanagan & More Honor Stephen King’s Ode To Existence In ‘The Life Of Chuck’

Official Trailer #2

Official Trailer #2

:30s Choice

:30s Choice

:15s Wonderful

:15s Wonderful

Clip - Art in You

Clip - Art in You

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Reviews

A review by Chris Sawin

Written on June 6, 2025

The sci-fi drama The Life of Chuck is based on a Stephen King short novella of the same name, which is included in the 2020 story collection called If It Bleeds. The screenplay and film are written and directed by Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep). The film is broken down into three acts told in reverse chronological order. Despite being based on a Stephen King story, this is not a horror film and is drama more in line with films like The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile.

In the not-too-distant future, the world is crumbling. The internet is down for good, California has dissolved into the sea, cell phones have stopped working altogether, massive sinkholes cause impossible traffic nightmares, and stars begin disappearing out of the night sky.

The one constant is th...

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A review by Brent Marchant

Written on June 8, 2025

It’s incredibly frustrating to watch a film that has so much potential but ultimately fails to capitalize on it. Such is the case with one of the most heavily anticipated offerings of the summer movie season, “The Life of Chuck, from writer-director Mike Flanagan, based on the short story of the same name from author Steven King. Told in three acts in reverse chronological order, the picture follows the life of Charles “Chuck” Krantz (Tom Hiddleston) and how his adult self emerged from a childhood of mixed experiences under the care of his paternal grandparents (Mark Hamill, Mia Sara). It focuses on how an inquisitive preteen (Jacob Tremblay) with a love of and gift for dance ultimately (and largely inexplicably) settled for a mediocre life as an accountant instead, one whose exist...

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