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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Variance Films
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Variance Films
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. But whose advice should he take? Does 94-year-old exercise guru Jack LaLanne have all the answers, or does Buster, a 101-year-old chain-smoking, beer-drinking marathoner? What about futurist Ray Ku...

Directed By: Mark Wexler

Written By: Robert DeMaio, Mark Wexler

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Variance Films
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Variance Films
  • 1 h 32 m

How to Live Forever

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. But whose advice should he take? Does 94-year-old exercise guru Jack LaLanne have all the answers, or does Buster, a 101-year-old chain-smoking, beer-drinking marathoner? What about futurist Ray Ku...

Directed By: Mark Wexler

Written By: Robert DeMaio, Mark Wexler

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
57
62% Positive
8 Reviews
31% Mixed
4 Reviews
8% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
57
62% Positive
8 Reviews
31% Mixed
4 Reviews
8% Negative
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75
Aug 18, 2011
A cheerfully rambling documentary that's much more thought-provoking than the sum of its parts.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 23, 2011
If there is a common thread, it's that for all these people life is not a passive activity. They live their lives, largely in the ways they've wanted to, and don't just wait around to see what's next.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
70
May 19, 2011
The cheeky title How to Live Forever belongs to a wry, hopeful yet enigma-appreciating documentary about the perils and possibilities that come with growing old.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
70
May 9, 2011
The prospects, advisability and potential methods of prolonging human life are examined in an engagingly multifaceted manner in How to Live Forever.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
50
May 13, 2011
Much of the film is taken up with Wexler's musings about his own mortality and physical, shall we say, decomposition.
By Tim Cogshell FULL REVIEW
40
May 10, 2011
Suffice it to say, life's too short for such self-indulgent glibness.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
25
Jul 7, 2011
Wexler gets tired of his own movie near the end of it. The viewer will get tired in 15 minutes.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Wexler's World
Release Date May 13, 2011
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.liveforevermovie.com/
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Awards

Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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