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The Mary Sue
The Mary Sue
Rachel Leishman

‘The Life of Chuck’ review: An emotionally charged look at life, loss, and the joy of living

When the name Stephen King comes up, many instantly think about his collection of horror stories. But we’re lucky in 2025 with King adaptations and seeing lesser known works get their time to shine. Like Mike Flanagan’s take on the short stories about Charles Krantz.

Chuck (Tom Hiddleston) is a 39 year old man who has billboards all around a small town, thanking him for 39 great years. It confuses people like Marty (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Felicia (Karen Gillan), who are watching the world around them come to an end but seeing Chuck’s face everywhere. This was our first introduction to Chuck and his story, one that is told to us in segmented chapters.

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