A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".
Real Life has generally received positive reviews.
Review of Real Life (1979)
By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 15 Feb 2006
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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 24 Feb 2015
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By Janet Maslin (949) for The New York Times (9,847) on 28 Jan 2014
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Review of Real Life (1979)
By Gary Arnold (279) for Washington Post (9,851) on 29 Apr 2018
Review of Real Life (1979)
By Judith Martin (39) for Washington Post (9,851) on 29 Dec 1992
Review of Real Life (1979)
Review of Real Life (1979)
By Anthony S (1,574) on 04 May 2006
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Review of Real Life (1979)
By Craig G (249) on 13 Feb 2008
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Review of Real Life (1979)
Review of Real Life (1979)
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Real Life was released in 1979 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 43 reviews, giving Real Life (1979) an average rating of 72%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 79%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 74%.
With a score of 72%, Real Life is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1979, which stands at 60%.
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