How to Live Forever
Variance Films | Release Date: May 13, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrAug 18, 2011
A cheerfully rambling documentary that's much more thought-provoking than the sum of its parts. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertJun 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
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJun 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
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesJun 16, 2011
Wexler emerges from all this with the commonplace wisdom that laughter and a positive outlook both prolong life and make it worth living, though his vocal concern with his own aging keeps the film from growing pat. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMay 19, 2011
The cheeky title How to Live Forever belongs to a wry, hopeful yet enigma-appreciating documentary about the perils and possibilities that come with growing old. Read full review
70
The New York TimesRachel SaltzMay 12, 2011
Mr. Wexler has found interesting people and useful, funny and sometimes crackpot-seeming information. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttMay 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
70
VarietyTodd McCarthyMay 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
50
Boxoffice MagazineTim CogshellMay 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
42
The A.V. ClubSam AdamsMay 12, 2011
Wexler breaks the cardinal rule of first-person documentaries: Don't make yourself the subject unless you're worth paying attention to. Read full review
40
Time OutAndrew SchenkerMay 10, 2011
While his film is engaging enough when covering curiosities like a funeral directors' convention, the fact that it lacks an authorial voice of its own is a dealbreaker. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick SchagerMay 10, 2011
Suffice it to say, life's too short for such self-indulgent glibness. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 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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