Sep 17, 2025: The Life of Chuck

Wednesday, Sep 17, 2025
7 pm @ Galaxy Cinemas, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Director: Mike Flanagan
USA 2024
English; 108 min.

Based on the novella by Stephen King this film finds warmth in melancholy. Please note this isn’t a horror film. It is a deep, thought-provoking fantasy drama which follows the formative moments in the life of Charles “Chuck” Krantz played by Tom Hiddleston.

Winner of the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival (2024)

It is more a redemptive fantasy, straining to find rueful acceptance of life’s losses in the language of the cosmic sublime. It is not ashamed of displaying grand emotions and wants the viewer to give into these too. Roger Luckhurst, Sight & Sound

Clever conceits all too easily tip over into synthetic contrivance. If The Life Of Chuck… just about manages to stay on the right side of that tricky balance, it’s largely thanks to solid work from the cast.. Wendy Ide, Observer (UK)