Defending Your Life

1991

Action / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 92% · 48 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 23821 23.8K

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Plot summary

Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.

Director

Albert Brooks Photo
Albert Brooks

Top cast

Lillian Lehman Photo
Lillian Lehman as Daniel's Judge
Meryl Streep Photo
Meryl Streep as Julia
Glen Chin Photo
Glen Chin as Sumo Wrestler
Shirley MacLaine Photo
Shirley MacLaine as Shirley MacLaine
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by GenerationofSwine 10 / 10

I remember when I was 12 or so

I remember when I was 12 or so, I woke up incredibly early (thank you Chicago Tribune TV Guide for helping me with missions like that) and went into the basement to record this off HBO. Then, shortly after I hit record I fell asleep on the couch and had the strangest freaking dream of my childhood because of the title of this film. Had nothing to do with the movie, I just remember it to this day so I'm rambling about it. Really though, it has a message, there is a moral to the story, but you aren't watching it for that. And when I was 11 or 12 I didn't record it for that. No, you're watching it because Albert Brooks is pretty funny and the film seems quirky and light hearted. And, honestly, it delivers. It's one of those increasingly rare films that announces what kind of movie that it is, makes promises for a happy ending, and delivers on it. There aren't really any surprises, you assume how the movie is going to end before you even sit down to watch it, and you're only really watching it in the first place because you feel the need to see that kind of story. And it delivers. It's fun in a quirky, dry, and understated way. It brings you into a fun little world, and it hits all the marks it promised to in the trailer, comedy, romance, happy ending. Everything else is just icing.
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Reviewed by robbert_edelman 7 / 10

Another view

Albert Brooks is daring enough to look at the afterlife in a different way. However, the message is not about the afterlife but very much about your life now. Especially if you believe that you live only once, the message in this movie should speak to you even more, because that means there is only one chance, and if you fear to much to take it, well, that's that.

Let's realize folks: Life has so much to offer us. Our hands are too small to handle it all, but let's not fear to take all we can handle......

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