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Life Support

Summary Queen Latifah stars in this HBO film along with a cast of other actors and real people to relay the true story about an HIV-positive woman living in Brooklyn. Ana is devoted to her work at Life Support, an AIDS outreach group, but she struggles to repair her relationship with her teenage daughter. Together they embark on a dangerous jour...

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Life Support

Season 1 Premiere: Feb 7, 2008
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
77
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Summary Queen Latifah stars in this HBO film along with a cast of other actors and real people to relay the true story about an HIV-positive woman living in Brooklyn. Ana is devoted to her work at Life Support, an AIDS outreach group, but she struggles to repair her relationship with her teenage daughter. Together they embark on a dangerous jour...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
77
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11% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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89% Positive
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11% Mixed
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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.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW
90
While the social work done by Life Support is exemplary, the production more than stands on its own as entertainment.
By David Zurawik FULL REVIEW
80
A richly drawn, unflinchingly real and quietly moving family drama.
By Charlie McCollum FULL REVIEW
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.
By Diane Werts FULL REVIEW
75
Watching Latifah's performance is the single greatest pleasure of watching this 90-minute movie.
By Adam Buckman FULL REVIEW
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.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
60
When this complex question about memory, identity, reality and generations of women supplies the suspense of the film, “Life Support” really gets good.
By Virginia Heffernan FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • HBO Films
  • Flavor Unit Entertainment
  • Urban Romances
  • Shelby Stone Productions
Initial Release Date: Feb 7, 2008
Number of seasons: 0 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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