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| Eddie Murphy | Ray Gibson |
| Martin Lawrence | Claude Banks |
| Obba Babatunde | Willie Long |
| Ned Beatty | Dexter Willkins |
| Bernie Mac | Jangle Leg |
| Miguel A. Nuñez Jr. | Biscuit |
| Clarence Williams III | Winston Hancock |
| Bokeem Woodbine | Can't Get Right |
| Michael "Bear" Taliferro | Goldmout |
| Barry "Shabaka" Henley | Pokerface |
| Brent Jennings | Hoppin'Bob |
| Guy Torry | Radio |
| Lisa Nicole Carson | Sylvia |
| O'Neal Compton | Superintendent Abernathy |
| Poppy Montgomery | Older Mae Rose |
| Ned Vaughn | Young Sheriff Pike |
| R. Lee Ermey | Older Sheriff Pike |
| Nick Cassavetes | Sgt. Dillard |
| Anthony Anderson | Cookie |
| Noah Emmerich | Stan Blocker |
| Rick James | Spanky |
| Ted Demme | Director |
| John H. Anderson | Set Decoration/Design |
| Rick Baker | Makeup Special Effects |
| Maria Baker | Set Decoration/Design |
| Dan Bishop | Production Designer |
| James D. Brubaker | Executive Producer |
| Lucy W. Corrigan | Costumes/Costume Designer |
| Mary Finn | Set Decoration/Design |
| Tina L. Fortenberry | Associate Producer |
| Brian Grazer | Producer |
| Wyclef Jean | Score Composer |
| Karen Kehela | Executive Producer |
| Josh King | Asst. Director |
| Jeff Knipp | Art Director |
| Josh Lusby | Set Decoration/Design |
| Eddie Murphy | Producer |
| Robert Ramsey | Screenwriter |
| Lori Rowbotham | Set Decoration/Design |
| Amanda Scheer-Demme | Musical Direction/Supervision |
| Margery Simkin | Casting |
| Geoffrey Simpson | Cinematographer |
| Matthew Stone | Screenwriter |
| James Whitaker | Co-producer |
| Russell Williams II | Sound/Sound Designer |
| Jeffery Wolf | Editor |
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Posted October 1, 2010
Once upon a time in America, life in prison meant precisely that. There was no early parole, no time off for good behavior. If you were sentenced to life, you could pretty much count on dying a prisoner in some godforsaken camp, farm or prison. Eddie Murphy is a small-time crook in Prohibition-era New York trying to get out of debt to a Harlem mobster. He sets up a scheme of driving some Mississippi moonshine to the mobster's speakeasy in New York. He ropes in as his driver Martin Lawrence, a bank teller who has also fallen afoul of the mobster because of an unpaid gambling debt. Murphy's character's weak nature gets the better of him and after receiving the liquor shipment, he decides to do some gambling in a rural club. He gets cheated by a local card sharp who later mouths off to the town sheriff, who murders him. Murphy and Lawrence have the misfortune of discovering the body, and being seen with it. They get, you guessed it, life in prison. The two, initially antagonistic to one another, are forced to rely upon each other in the brutal work camp to which they are sentenced. Time passes and they dream of the freedom it seems will be denied them for a crime of which they aren't guilty. There are a lot of moving moments in "Life" and with Murphy and Lawrence, even more funny ones. There is social commentary in the form of how black men are treated in the South, but it isn't strongly told or terribly compelling. Other movies explore that subject in greater depth and with greater insight. The problem with "Life" is that the filmmakers aren't sure whether they wanted to make a comedy, an examination of prison life in the Deep South of, say, 50 years ago, or a political/social commentary on the shaft given African Americans. They decide to do all these things, and in fact their reach exceeds their grasp. "Life" really doesn't give you any new insights into anything. It's mainly an excuse to pair two of the brightest comic minds in America. Watching the two at work individually is fascinating, but Lawrence and Murphy don't generate enough chemistry to hold any interest as a team.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Life was one of the funniest movies I have seen. Though I watched it at least 10 times each time it gets funnier. It's definetly a great movie to have at home. GO GET IT!
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