Life

Genre: Comedy

Worldwide gross$73.5M

In the mid-1990s, two inmates bury the burned bodies of two lifers at Mississippi's infamous Parchman Farm; a third old-timer relates their story. They'd served 65 years for a murder they didn't commit, framed by a local sheriff while buying moonshine whiskey for a Manhattan club owner to whom they owed money. In flashbacks we see this odd couple thrown together (Ray is a fast-talking con man, and Claude is a serious man about to start work as a bank teller), the loss of Ray's watch (sterling silver, from his daddy), the murder and trial, the hardships of Parchman, and the love-hate relationship of Claude and Ray as they spend 65 years bickering and looking for a way to escape.

🏆 Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 6 nominations total

Genres

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Director

Ted Demme

Cast

Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé

Released

16 April 1999

Runtime

1h 48m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

6.8 / 10

Votes

59,656

Metascore

63

Rotten Tomatoes

53%

Box office

$64,016,268

Budget

$80,000,000

Edition

Base