Life and Nothing More

Name: Life and Nothing More
Genre: Drama
Released: October 24, 2018
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Andrew Bleechington, Charles Dodson, Dawuan Williams, Dwight Brown, Eric Trombley

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CFI Releasing | Release Date: October 24, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Andrew Bleechington, Charles Dodson, Dawuan Williams, Dwight Brown, Eric Trombley, Kara Fenlon, Lawrence Parramore, Regina Williams, Robert Williams, Ry'nesia Chambers

Summary: Standing on the edge of adulthood, Andrew yearns to find his purpose as a young African-American in today's America. With his mother longing to find more to her life then parenting, Andrew is forced to take on the mounting pressure of family responsibility. His search for connection with an absent father, leads him to a dangerous crossroads.

Director: Antonio Méndez Esparza

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 114 min

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RogerEbert.com Matt Fagerholm

Oct 24, 2018

Esparza’s aim is to capture nothing more than the relentless flow of “life itself,” a term famously selected by Roger Ebert for the name of his 2011 memoir and its subsequent 2014 cinematic incarnation. Read full review

The Playlist Jessica Kiang

Oct 23, 2018

If part of the great power of cinema is in being a visual medium that can somehow give form to the intangible, Esparza’s sophomore film is exemplary: it makes manifest such enormous, politicized intangibles as race, class and gender relations through the authentic portrayal of real lives, real people, vividly played. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Dec 29, 2018

Whereas a Hollywood director might use subjective framing or emotional soundtrack cues to nudge audiences’ reactions in a certain way, Esparza strips away nearly all those techniques to a pure, neorealist approach: life and nothing more. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Oct 24, 2018

Life and Nothing More may be shot with the unblinking attention of Frederick Wiseman’s films — and share their same broad scope of concerns — but it’s always true to the tenderness of its title. Read full review

Jonathan Holland

Oct 23, 2018

Located somewhere between family drama and social crit, the quiet but intense Life stands out mainly for the compelling naturalism of its non-pro performances and for a script which teeters dangerously on the edge of preachiness without falling in. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Oct 23, 2018

A portrait of lives that can’t be reduced to statistics. Read full review

Gayle MacDonald

Oct 23, 2018

The acting is strong, but the uneven pacing means there is so much to absorb in the end, that it’s impossible to discern. Read full review

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nicolevaughn

Mar 7, 2019

Regina Williams’ performance in Life & Nothing More naturally and incredibly portrays the life of a struggling single mother in America. Perfectly staying in character, she livened the film to the point where I often forgot I was watching a movie. Her character not only represents millionsRegina Williams’ performance in Life & Nothing More naturally and incredibly portrays the life of a struggling single mother in America. Perfectly staying in character, she livened the film to the point where I often forgot I was watching a movie. Her character not only represents millions of women bearing the same adversities, but it also brings to light the struggles that many endure, and she seamlessly executes that role. Truly looking forward to seeing more from her, and I highly suggest you watch her performance in this movie.… Expand