Life |  | Director: Ted Demme
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé, Nick Cassavetes, Anthony Anderson
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 2311
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Platform: No Operating System
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D20559D
ISBN: 0783237367
UPC: 025192055928
EAN: 9780783237367
ASIN: 0783237367
Theatrical Release Date: April 16, 1999
Release Date: October 19, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy play it surprisingly straight in this film by director Ted Demme. Though there are laughs to be had, this is a story about perseverance in the face of a life of disappointment (yet the film was sold as a prison comedy). But Stir Crazy this isn't. Rather, Lawrence and Murphy play a couple of New Yorkers making a moonshine run from New York to Mississippi during the Prohibition who find themselves framed for murder and sentenced for life to a prison chain gang. As they age, the two become close friends, although the strait-laced Lawrence always resents the free-wheeling Murphy for getting him into the situation in the first place. Ultimately, these two men learn to find meaning where they can, taking value from friendship and their limited ability to affect the lives of others. At times preachy, it ends on an upbeat note; the film's biggest laughs are reserved for the final section, in which Lawrence and Murphy don age makeup and play octogenarians. --Marshall Fine
Product Description
In 1930's Harlem two men are framed for murder, what ensues is a comical look at their lives together in prison over the next sixty years.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 6-JAN-2004
Media Type: DVD
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 75
 Life February 6, 2010
J. McCallister (St. Louis Missouri)
The movie did not work, I e-mailed the person who sold it to me and never heard from them. So I recieved a Christmas gift for my son that would not play when he opened it and I was out the money I spent!!! Not very happy, may never order DVD or CD's from site again.
Serious and Funny - November 30, 2009
Loyd E. Eskildson (Phoenix, AZ.)
Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence team up for a prison comedy underlined by serious social commentary - wasted lives. Ray Murphy, a pick-pocket and con man, and Claude Lawrence), a straight-living bank teller, are complete opposites who cross paths in a 1932 Harlem nightclub. In order to pay off their debts to a local crime lord, the mismatched pair travel into the Deep South on a moonshine delivery only to be framed for murder by a racist Southern cop. Sentenced to life in a Mississippi state prison, the bickering duo spend the next 65 years trading barbs and planning their escape, while forming an unlikely but touching friendship. They finally escape substituting dead bodies for their own in a arson-fire - and end the movie together watching a Yankees game together. There are a few good laughs, but it's not what one would expect from the two comedians - it's more a friendship movie that develops over time.
good movie but not as funny October 2, 2009
Elizabeth Duran (Houston, TX USA)
This is a great movie but it is adverstised as comedy and it has more drama than comedy. Two of my favorite comedians, Martin Laurence and Eddy Murphy are excellent, but the movie is not as funny and it looks on the cover.
 Great May 26, 2009
Susan Clark
This was A gift. It was a good surprise. Keep up the good work I received this movie really quickly.
hmmm April 8, 2009
Malabo (505)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great Movie, I didn't give it a 5 stars because it reminded me the injustice of the South at the time. Overall a fun movie to watch not the best.
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