150 Word Review: 'The Life Of Chuck' (2025)
I contain multitudes
Mike Flanagan directed one of the most successful and faithful Stephen King adaptations of the century, Dr. Sleep, a sequel to The Shining. He also created Midnight Mass, a Salem's Lot-inspired Netflix mini-series that Stephen King did not write, but may as well have.
Flanagan and King are reunited in the Life of Chuck, a haunting, uplifting fantasy-drama about gettin’ busy living based on one of King's short stories. Narrated by Nick Offerman, The Life of Chuck begins at the end of a world slowly crumbling.
Tom Hiddleston stars as adult Chuck, a traumatized man with a remarkably healthy attitude towards life, which is both too long and too short. Mark Hamill shows up as a kindly grandfather who sees things he wishes he hadn't—the supernatural lurks in the corners of The Life Of Chuck, which is refreshingly unpredictable. The ending is King at his most playful and devastating.
I'm not into dance theatre and musicals yet that dance and drum scene dove me deep into happiness. For several minutes, that was the best I've felt this year.