Bill Nighy is fantastic. So is the rest of the cast. Wonderful movie. Slow paced and sad but with hope. Live everyday as if it is your last.

A calm and interesting movie.

One of the finest films I have seen in recent years. Living is the antithesis of a blockbuster, superhero film. Bill Nighy’s performance is possibly the finest of his career. He communicates incredible emotion with only the most subtle expressions and few words. Nighy’s character comes to realize late in life that, in an attempt to appear a proper gentleman he has suppressed all joy, frivolity, spontaneity and perhaps even love in his life. Events cause him to realize that he can recapture some of those emotions if even for a short time. A beautiful film.

A great character study about mortality and how spend our limited time on Earth. Bill Nighy is wonderful as the main lead. He’s very charming and says so much with so little words. His relationship with his younger colleagues is adorable and becomes very emotionally resonant by the end. The soundtrack is beautifully serene, especially the piano score pieces. The movie has a very laidback tone, but it gets very emotional by the end with symbolisms of work turning you into a zombie and not becoming the child that waits for his mother to call him back inside instead of enjoying the playground as long as they can. Not gonna lie, I was getting teary eyed by the end with that scene on the snowy swing set. My only complaints are that I wish they spent more time delving on the young woman’s new job and Bill Nighy’s character having one last good moment with his estranged son and daughter-in-law. Despite these gripes, I really appreciated this and say that it’s a very movie for a remake of a 1950s Japanese Akira Kurosawa movie. Definitely one of the more underrated gems of 2022.

In this film, the question is: what to do when we have little time left to live. The answer comes straight and to the point, and it is a profound reflection. The highlight is Bill Nighy's performance.

do good even is only a small step

Done with a stiff upper lift gee the Brit’s do dry well though there are Japanese fingerprints all over this in the form of little moments and minutiae details littered throughout. Enjoyable, sad and thoughtful- I’ll reflect on this little slow burner of a movie for a while longer.

A well-acted but depressing film about a bureaucrat who gets a chilling medical diagnosis that leads him to make a few changes in his life before it’s too late.

It's a bit of a small story, but I think that's kind of the point. It doesn't have to be epic or world-changing to make an impact on others' lives or find meaning in one's own. Something is missing from the telling of this story though, however small it may be. It has a muted, sepia-tone emotional resonance that I can't quite put my finger on. I think it's a fine movie, but it lacks some visibility into what the characters are actually feeling. How British of it.

Bill Nighy's performance was a masterpiece, and completely different to his other note worthy roles. So worth the watch!

Really thought this was a great, thought provoking movie. Bill Nighy was excellent, very touching. Definitely worth a watch.

An absolute masterpiece of a film. Poetic. Art. Superb and so deeply moving. I wish to God more films were made of this calibre that touch peoples heart and soul. Magnificent!

An elegant and beautiful film. A masterpiece of human emotion.

I wantd to see this movie after seeing the reviews and although I liked the end and the overalla story, I found the movie a little too dull and slow for my liking.

Watched it twice. Slow-paced and Ishiguro's writing is brilliant as is the atmospheric filming. Nighy is on good form as ever. I will probably watch it again!

Exquisite. Perfect. A work of art.

Absolutely loved it, Bill Nighly’s acting is superb, felt quite emotional at points. Need more movies like this

Insightful and thought provoking. Consider what life is a really about. Often people stay living when life is nearing the end.

The only reason I’d heard of Living was the Oscar nominated performance from the ever reliable Bill Nighy, and since he’s the element of the film that most plaudits are directed towards, it’s not very surprising. An English language remake of a Kurosawa classic that I haven’t yet seen, it’s not just a story of failing health and wasted life, its an indictment on the inefficiency and neglectful cruelty of bureaucracy, a system where paperwork is passed interminably from one department to the next with no progress ever being made and nothing being accomplished. Nighy exists in a world where, despite being a man of some authority, he’s essentially a cog in a machine that’s important but replaceable, and realising that he’s dedicated his life to a profession that brings little joy sparks his odyssey of self discovery. I liked how the film didn’t just try to teach life lessons or delivery syrupy platitudes, the kind that might flood a vapid teenagers Instagram feed. It takes the time to examine our lead and how unfulfilled he is. Nighy’s performance is compelling but frequently one note, where the most he has to do is lower his voice and stare forlornly at whatever he’s in front of. A segment of the film is told out of order, and while it’s good for setting up the 3rd act, it blunts the emotional impact of what would have been one of the film’s most powerful scenes. The film isn’t going to be remembered as a classic, and likely wont measure up to its Japanese counterpart, but as a study of an ailing, unhappy man trying his best to make the last of his time on Earth matter, you could do far worse.

Phenomenal movie. A great movie in this day and age.