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Life in a Day (2011) — Where to Stream · CriticCrunch

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Life in a Day

Movie2011·95 min

Life in a Day

Directed by Kevin Macdonald, Zillah Bowes, Phil Loarie

Documentary Drama

A documentary drama film directed by Kevin Macdonald.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 43%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.2/10

251 ratings

About Life in a Day

A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Bittersweet (4 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Epic (9 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Contemplative, Whimsical
Story Tags: identity self discovery, fate destiny, survival of spirit, historical event, international, group found family, ensemble, everyman, frame story, nonlinear flashback

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Where to Watch Life in a Day

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Details

Director: Kevin Macdonald, Zillah Bowes, Phil Loarie
Language: English

Cast

Cindy Baer, Moica, Caryn Waechter

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How Life in a Day Ranks

All movies

Top 43%

2010s movies

Top 36%

Documentary movies

Top 51%

2010s Documentary movies

Top 49%

Kevin Macdonald films#7 of 10

Top 43% All movies.

the vibe

Life in a Day Vibe

What it feels like

measuredbittersweetmoderateapproachablelight-touchepicheartfelt

contemplative

whimsical

What it's about

frame storynonlinear flashbackidentity self discoveryfate destinysurvival of spiritensembleeverymangroup found familyhistorical eventinternational

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

bittersweet 4/9wistful 4/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

epic 9/9epic 9/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

contemplativequiet