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Defending Your Life (1991)

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Starring (View all)
Albert Brooks Albert Brooks
Daniel Miller
Michael Durrell Michael Durrell
Agency Head
James Eckhouse James Eckhouse
Jeep Owner
Gary Beach Gary Beach
Car Salesman
Julie Cobb Julie Cobb
Tram Guide
Time Winters Time Winters
Porter
Rip Torn Rip Torn
Bob Diamond
Clayton Norcross Clayton Norcross
Soap Opera Man


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Albert Brooks Albert Brooks
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All of your life is on videotape—or perhaps DVD—to make it easier on your prosecutor and defense attorney at Judgement City to randomly access a few episodes to show whether you made the most of the life you just completed. If you didn't make the most of that life, you will be sent back to try again and again until you do get it right. And the court must be taking an advance peek at that life tape. Posh accommodations go to those who look like they will merit moving up to citizen of the universe—like Julia who falls for Daniel, whose quarters have no ambiance at all.
Release date: 5 April 1991
UPC: 085391204923
Tags: Comedy (5), Romance (5), Afterlife (4), Fantasy (2), Higher Friends (2), MMG (2), SnP (2), Resurrection (2), May 2006 (2), Car Accident (2), Houston (2), Allegory (2), 1991 (2), Romantic Comedy (2), Fear (2), Courtroom (2), Relationships (2), Fantasy/sci (1), (1), Fantasy/sci-fi (1)
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" All of your life is on videotape—or perhaps DVD—to make it easier on your prosecutor and defense attorney at Judgement City to randomly access a few episodes to show whether you made the most of the life you just completed. If you didn't make the most of that life, you will be sent back to try again and again until you do get it right. And the court must be taking an advance peek at that life tape. Posh accommodations go to those who look like they will merit moving up to citizen of the"


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" All of your life is on videotape—or perhaps DVD—to make it easier on your prosecutor and defense attorney at Judgement City to randomly access a few episodes to show whether you made the most of the life you just completed. If you didn't make the most of that life, you will be sent back to try again and again until you do get it right. And the court must be taking an advance peek at that life tape. Posh accommodations go to those who look like they will merit moving up to citizen of the"


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"First viewing - March 2nd HBO Max Seems like I can't go more than a month or 2 without seeing someone mentioning love for this movie, so I figured I'd finally give it a look. Albert Brooks plays the same guy he seems to play in everything I've seen him in, which is fine. I liked the idea that we keep cycling through life on Earth as an experiment until we're able to overcome our fears & live a fuller life, & the chemistry between Brooks & Meryl Streep is fantastic. The comedy works well enough "


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"So this is what an Albert Brooks -movie is like, huh? Sardonic punchlines that function as surprising answers to simple questions served by people occasionally a bit too good for the parts they're playing. Though I really dug the world in this movie (though it feels a bit silly for these higher beings to expect humans to learn from their past experiences when they literally wipe them off their minds), the characters didn't really grab me in any particular way. Streep is a bit too swooning over B"


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"First watched 8/22/2016 An interesting take on the afterlife blended with some solid comedy and drama with a nice uplifting message certainly worth a watch :) Also, I found Brook's and Streep's characters to be very likable! "



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