The Life of Chuck (Mike Flanagan, June 6, 2025) Movie • Page 3

There are easily worse threads.

 

Threads where people pile on a bad movie are often the most fun.

 

Finally saw this and quite liked it. I expected it to hit me harder emotionally, but I like that the trade off was it being very fabular.

Honestly Matt Zoller Seitz's review pretty much nails it, as he usually does:

The Life of Chuck movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert

Also, a lot of trash opinions in this thread.

 

Enjoy the dumb bad movie no one is stopping you.

 

More like "grumpace" am I right?

 

This is already gone from theaters. I will resolve this debate when it hits VOD.

 

I honestly can’t wait for your review.

 

I am pro-Matthew Lillard's career second act, so I am somewhat conflicted.

 

Lillard is really terrific in his scene. Pleasant surprise.

 

Lillard has been a fantastic actor, killed it in Twin Peaks

 

one of the better parts of Good Girls too

 

Let's not forget his best role, First Lieutenant Todd "Maniac" Marshall.

 

I feel like no one else has ever seen that one.

 

This is fine.

 

I always enjoy Lillard

 

just saw this and as I expected from Flanagan I adored it. funny that a lot of the reactions in here and even the trailer made it seem like a straightforward inspirational kinda movie but the first 30 minutes is the most terrifying shit I've seen in a minute. think the feelgood sequences are pretty well balanced by some harrowing stuff but I'm an easy mark for Flanagan

 

also forgot to say while we were in the waiting area the cinema played Self Control by Frank Ocean followed by Only Ones Who Know by Arctic Monkeys. motherfuckers were trying to get me crying before the movie even started lmao

 

"Oh no Pornhub is gone!" is actually kind of funny.

 

Flanagan has to be in on the joke. The narrator stating that the grandma loves rock n' roll and then turning on the radio and it's Dance Hall Days is hilarious. My mind was anticipating 100 different songs before that one.

 

i don't think this is trying to be as compelling as ppl are criticizing it for failing to be, if that makes sense

 

Yeah I get that. This didn't seem as lofty and self-serious as I assumed it would be. I just don't think Flanagan's style lends itself well to whatever tone he was going for. I also don't think he was up his own ass as much as the criticisms claim. I liked the third act quite a bit, but the other stuff fell pretty flat for me.

 

It isn't as bad as I expected.