The world is ending and everybody’s saying farewell to a mysterious, middle-aged office worker named Chuck. Wherever Marty (Chiwetel Ejiofor) goes, he can’t get away from the bland visage of Charles Krantz (Tom Hiddleston). His face is showing up on billboards, window signs — even TV commercials. What’s so special about this seemingly ordinary accountant and why does he warrant such a sendoff?
From the hearts and minds of Stephen King and Mike Flanagan comes the extraordinary story of an ordinary man. This unforgettable, genre-bending tale celebrates the life of Charles ‘Chuck’ Krantz as he experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.
“Flanagan’s latest is simply a stunner. His finest film is a deeply heartfelt, glorious thing. Dancing between the ruminative and the revelatory, it never succumbs to being maudlin or cloying. The Life of Chuck THE LIFE OF CHUCK is a modern fable told with the deftness of a fairy tale, with the sheer exuberance of a musical while exuding the same sense of wonder one gets staring up at the heavens. A life well-lived, indeed.” —Jason Gorber, Collider “...Starts grand and ends intimate, like a setting sun. It’s a STAND BY ME for the multiple lives within each of us, pulled between our dreams and down-to-earth pragmatism.” ––Jane Schoettle, Toronto International Film Festival Program Guide “Mike Flanagan has always undertaken cinematic confrontations with mortality, but none have ever been quite as magnificent and moving as THE LIFE OF CHUCK…. Flanagan has never been one to smooth over the rougher edges. Instead, he molds them into a work that’s honest, melancholic and devastating. It’s not only his best film yet, but it’s the work he’s been building up to over his entire career.” —Chase Hutchinson, The Wrap
