Life Itself

Life Itself(2014)

"The only thing Roger loved more than movies."

7.5/10
361 votes
121 minJuly 4, 2014

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The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling bachelor and Pulitzer Prize winner, his famously contentious partnership with Gene Siskel, his life-altering marriage, and his brave and transcendent battle with cancer.

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