How to Live Forever

Name: How to Live Forever
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 13, 2011
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 57

2011

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Variance Films | Release Date: May 13, 2011 | Not Rated

Summary: Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. But whose advice should he take? Does 94-year-old exercise guru Jack LaLanne have all the answers, or does Buster, a 101-year-old chain-smoking, beer-drinking marathoner? What about futurist RayDirector Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. But whose advice should he take? Does 94-year-old exercise guru Jack LaLanne have all the answers, or does Buster, a 101-year-old chain-smoking, beer-drinking marathoner? What about futurist Ray Kurzweil, a laughter yoga expert, or an elder porn star?
Wexler explores the viewpoints of delightfully unusual characters alongside those of health, fitness and life-extension experts in this engaging new documentary, which challenges our notions of youth and aging with comic poignancy. Begun as a study in life-extension, How To Live Forever evolves into a thought-provoking examination of what truly gives life meaning. (Variance Films)… Expand

Director: Mark Wexler

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 92 min

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Ty Burr

Aug 18, 2011

A cheerfully rambling documentary that's much more thought-provoking than the sum of its parts. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Jun 15, 2011

If someone could give you a pill that allowed you to live for 500 years, would you take it? Not me. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

May 9, 2011

The prospects, advisability and potential methods of prolonging human life are examined in an engagingly multifaceted manner in How to Live Forever. Read full review

Kirk Honeycutt

May 9, 2011

How To Live Forever is less about how to delay or defeat death than a film about what gives life meaning. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Jun 23, 2011

If there is a common thread, it's that for all these people life is not a passive activity. They live their lives, largely in the ways they've wanted to, and don't just wait around to see what's next. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine Tim Cogshell

May 13, 2011

Much of the film is taken up with Wexler's musings about his own mortality and physical, shall we say, decomposition. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Jul 7, 2011

Wexler gets tired of his own movie near the end of it. The viewer will get tired in 15 minutes. Read full review

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DTDunn

Dec 22, 2012

An interesting take on various aspects of life span extension, including health issues and ethical issues and technical issues, tailored for the 40+ set. Certainly an enjoyable and informative hour and a half.

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