Life Support
HBO | Release Date: March 10, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Baltimore SunDavid Zurawik
Season 1 Review: While the social work done by Life Support is exemplary, the production more than stands on its own as entertainment. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd
Season 1 Review: What is remarkable about "Life Support" is how it avoids every pitfall of the standard issue-based TV film and, indeed, of most TV films, period. Read full review
80
NewsdayDiane Werts
Season 1 Review: This impressive fact-based debut from cultural journalist turned director Nelson George keeps us captivated simply by honing in tight on the character of its people, sketching in fine detail not just their admirable strengths but their all-too-human flaws. Read full review
80
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: A richly drawn, unflinchingly real and quietly moving family drama. Read full review
80
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: The whole cast works at a fierce level. Read full review
75
New York PostAdam Buckman
Season 1 Review: Watching Latifah's performance is the single greatest pleasure of watching this 90-minute movie. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: It’s a testament to George’s confident handling of the material... that while it touches on many elements of the national crisis... the project avoids feeling like a bulletin-board movie. Read full review
70
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: You feel as if you're right there in the room with the characters for a time, during which their true selves emerge slowly but surely. Read full review
60
The New York TimesVirginia Heffernan
Season 1 Review: When this complex question about memory, identity, reality and generations of women supplies the suspense of the film, “Life Support” really gets good. Read full review
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