The Life of Chuck (2024) (original) (raw)
A life-affirming, genre-bending story based on Stephen King's novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz.
A life-affirming, genre-bending story based on Stephen King's novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz. (less)
Director: Mike Flanagan
Writers: Mike Flanagan, Stephen King
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Karen Gillan, Jacob Tremblay, Kate Siegel, David Dastmalchian, Matthew Lillard
Narrator: Nick Offerman
Producer: Mike Flanagan
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Review by Brian Orndorf, June 4, 2025
7 / 10
�The Life of Chuck� is based on a Stephen King novella from 2020, and we�ve been here before. Works from the iconic author, especially shorter ones, have inspired a few of the finest King adaptations around, including 1994�s �The Shawshank Redemption� and 1986�s �Stand by Me.� That same level of cinematic magic isn�t quite present in the new picture, but writer/director Mike Flanagan (a King Country vet with work on �Gerald�s Game� and �Doctor Sleep�) remains ambitious with the effort, out to scramble minds and soothe souls with the movie, which looks to fold time and space in an attempt to ad ...read more...
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