‘Life of Chuck’ Wins Toronto Film Fest’s People Choice Award (Inexplicably in Our Opnion)
Our Grade: C+ (** out of *****)
The Life of Chuck, a strenously feel-good apocalyptic story starring Tom Hiddleston and directed by Mike Flanagan, earned Toronto Film Fest’s people’s choice award.
“The Life of Chuck” is adapted from Stephen King’s 2020 novella of the same name. Its is billed as a “life-affirming” story about an ordinary man named Charles Krantz.
As a fairy tale, the movie aims to say somethng meaningful and positiove about love, grief and the supernatural, but the plot is repetitious, and most of it is listless and lacking any narrative energy.
Overly narrated, instead of being effectively dramatized, the movie also suffer from frequent but uneasy blend of moods amd tones, and ultimately it co,es across as too sentimental and unrealistic.
Emilia Perez: Runner-Up
The first runner-up for the audience award was Jacques Audiard’s musical crime melodrama Emilia Perez, starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón and Selena Gomez.
The second runner up was Sean Baker’s Anora.
The Substance: Audience Prize (Midnight)
