Alien at the Movies

Life Itself

An ensemble cast tells the story of life, love, trauma, pain, joy, jealousy, & loss. Olivia Wilde, Oscar Isaac, Annette Bening, Mandy Patinkin, Jean Smart, Olivia Cooke, & Antonio Banderas tell a complicated story of life’s ups & downs through 5 seemly unrelated chapters. Early on, viewers may start to question what is the point & where is the plot going each chapter switches its character focus & is punctuated with violence & tragedy. But if you hang in there to near the end, the pieces will come together in this story telling drama with a sense of humor.

Alien gives it 2½ “the unreliable narrator” stars out of 4.