Review of Life Itself (2018) by Trineo99 — 09 Nov 2018

Now the acting in this film was marvelous. Oscar Isaac was the main stand out to me. He could easily switch from a romantic scene to a comedic scene to finally a depressing scene so well and you really feel for his character.

And despite Antonio Banderas’ old age, no offense, he also did a stellar performance. When I first found out that he was going to be in this film I thought, ‘Oh god no,’ but after seeing him in the film I now take that back.

His character was one that I would love to have as a parent. The final person that I want to give a shout out to is Olivia Cooke. Her character was one that a lot of teenagers can probably relate to, or at least the ones who went through similar/the same experiences/situations like what she did.

The humour in this film was definitely directed at younger people because my friend and I were laughing a lot when nobody else was, which can be both a good thing and a bad thing. In addition, the cinematography was stunning in this film, and each shot had great lighting .

The final good thing I want to mention is how well the serious scenes were taken. Some films can’t do serious scenes without making a joke out of it or it being out of place but this film did them so well.

This might have come from how the director and writer, Dan Fogelman, also created “This is Us,” so he knows how to do drama. Now for some of the bad things. The pacing in this seemed off, just by a bit.

It felt like they would drag on too much of one person's story and then cut it short at some of the others. Now I understand that they probably wanted to keep it short, but maybe a longer movie would have helped it out a bit more.

The movie was predictable as well. Sometimes, being predictable is fine but not when you’re trying to make your audience cry. In the end, “Life Itself” really depends on what you look for in a movie.

If you like romcoms then you’ll like this movie, but if you don’t, you’ll probably won’t .