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Dominican Rep. Life
- Original title
- Life
- Year
- 1999
- Running time
- 108 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Eddie Murphy
Martin Lawrence
Clarence Williams III
Bernie Mac
Nick Cassavetes
Ned Beatty
Obba Babatundé
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Lisa Nicole Carson
Sanaa Lathan
R. Lee Ermey
Kenn Whitaker- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy | 1930s. 1940s. 1970s. Comedy-Drama. Prison Drama
- Synopsis
- In the mid-1990s, two inmates bury the burned bodies of two lifers at Mississippi's infamous Parchman Farm; a third old-timer relates their story. They'd served 65 years for a murder they didn't commit, framed by a local sheriff while buying moonshine whiskey for a Manhattan club owner to whom they owed money. In flashbacks we see this odd couple thrown together (Ray is a fast-talking con man, and Claude is a serious man about to start work as a bank teller), the loss of Ray's watch (sterling silver, from his daddy), the murder and trial, the hardships of Parchman, and the love-hate relationship of Claude and Ray as they spend 65 years bickering and looking for a way to escape.
- Awards
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1999: Nominated for Oscar: Best Makeup2000: NAACP Image Awards: nominated to Outstanding Motion Picture.
- Critics' reviews
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"Gracefully bittersweet and balanced."
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"'Life' desperately wants to let Murphy and Lawrence be actors, but it can't imagine them as anything more than rowdy showmen"
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"Imagine my surprise when I discovered that not only is Life funny (and at times downright hilarious), but it also offers a light portion of sweetened social commentary and a sometime-affecting buddy element."
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"The movie is ribald, funny and sometimes sweet, and well acted by Murphy, Lawrence and a strong supporting cast."
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"Life can be funny, sad, conventional, unpredictable -- or a pain in the tail. And so can Life, the new Eddie Murphy movie"
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