Life Support: Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 10, 2007
  • Season #: 1
Metascore
77 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    90
    What is remarkable about "Life Support" is how it avoids every pitfall of the standard issue-based TV film and, indeed, of most TV films, period.
  2. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: David Zurawik
    90
    While the social work done by Life Support is exemplary, the production more than stands on its own as entertainment.
  3. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    80
    The whole cast works at a fierce level.
  4. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    80
    This impressive fact-based debut from cultural journalist turned director Nelson George keeps us captivated simply by honing in tight on the character of its people, sketching in fine detail not just their admirable strengths but their all-too-human flaws.
  5. San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times
    Reviewed by: Charlie McCollum
    80
    A richly drawn, unflinchingly real and quietly moving family drama.
  6. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Adam Buckman
    75
    Watching Latifah's performance is the single greatest pleasure of watching this 90-minute movie.
  7. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    70
    It’s a testament to George’s confident handling of the material... that while it touches on many elements of the national crisis... the project avoids feeling like a bulletin-board movie.
  8. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    70
    You feel as if you're right there in the room with the characters for a time, during which their true selves emerge slowly but surely.
  9. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Virginia Heffernan
    60
    When this complex question about memory, identity, reality and generations of women supplies the suspense of the film, “Life Support” really gets good.

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User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. MorganM
    10
    wounderful... queen latifah is my favorite actress and she makes this serise even better!
  2. JScotti
    4
    This movie beats you over the head with its themes. Nearly every single scene is about how the main character was on crack and has AIDS, and any scene that isn't about both of these things is about one of them. I understand the movie is about drug use, disease, forgiveness, etc. but the plot makes these characters seem two dimensional. I hope if I ever contract AIDS that every conversation in my life from that point on will not be about how I have AIDS.… Full Review »
  3. Esther
    10
    I will watch it again just to enjoy all the performances. By far the best television I have seen in a long time.
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