Review of Life Itself (2014) by Lyn — 26 Jan 2015

I loved Roger Ebert's writing ... sometimes I still find myself seeing a movie and wishing I could know what he thought of it. The film version of "Life Itself" might be even better than the memoir, which often got bogged down in details like what brand of cigarettes were smoked by everyone he knew back in the day.

His spirit comes across in the film -- some of his less positive characteristics as well as the ones for which people loved & admired him. The film is almost as much about his wife as about him ..

. but it's hard to begrudge that since Chaz is a heroic person in her own right.