Life (2017)

Life rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.6/10· 274K votes

Rotten Tomatoes67%

Metacritic54%

TMDb6.5/10· 8K votes

With 67% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 54/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Life

The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

Cast of Life

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  Jake Gyllenhaal

  as Dr. David Jordan

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  Ryan Reynolds

  as Rory Adams

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  Rebecca Ferguson

  as Miranda North

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  Hiroyuki Sanada

  as Sho Murakami

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  Olga Dihovichnaya

  as Ekaterina Golovkina

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  Ariyon Bakare

  as Hugh Derry

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  Naoko Mori

  as Kazumi

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  Haruka Kuroda

  as Doctor

• C

  Camiel Warren-Taylor

  as Dominique

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  Alexandre Nguyen

  as 1st Fisherman

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  Hiu Woong-Sin

  as 2nd Fisherman

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  David Muir

  as 20/20 Anchor

Life facts

Budget

$58M

Box office

$100.5M

Our take on Life

Daniel Espinosa's 2017 science-fiction horror strands the six-member crew of the International Space Station with a Mars sample that may be the first proof of extraterrestrial life. It proves far more intelligent, and far more dangerous, than anyone anticipated. The film runs on claustrophobia and dread, using the cramped station and the indifferent void outside to steadily narrow the crew's options. Viewers who enjoy tense, contained creature thrillers with a hard-science sheen will feel right at home. It leans on mounting dread rather than surprise, so those seeking cheerful space adventure should look elsewhere. Best suited to fans of grim survival stories and cold, unforgiving outer space.