Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond, and the character of humanity, is tested.... (Full plot summary below)
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Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond, and the character of humanity, is tested.
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| The Film StageRory O'ConnorAffleck has always been a wonderfully understated performer and he has taken that minimalist approach with him behind the camera. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreAffleck ratchets up the suspense and raises the stakes with the film’s third act, but takes his sweet indulgent time getting us there. He establishes the relationship and the characters in a patience-testing twelve minute opening scene. |
| RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyAffleck's acting style has always been understated to the point of barely existing. It's why he was riveting in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” in particular. Affleck drifts, he floats through dialogue, he doesn't have words at his easy disposal. This works well for him here. |
| Film ThreatAlan NgAffleck carries a great deal of weight in the movie, but its Pniowsky who shines as the young pre-teen learning quickly what it means to be an adult. |
| Los Angeles TimesCarlos AguilarA heartrending survivalist saga positioned in the proximity of Debra Granik’s indie darling “Leave No Trace” and Cormac McCarthy’s postapocalyptic novel “The Road.” |
| The PlaylistJessica KiangLight of my Life is not a bad film, instead it’s a heartfelt, intelligent and earnest one (if a little tidy). |
| Screen InternationalFionnuala HalliganA superb performance by Affleck, who constructs a touching and believable rapport with his 11 year-old co-star, grounds his low-key directorial and feature-writing debut. |
| IndieWireEric KohnLight of My Life delivers a lush variation on familiar elements, and wends its way to a tense final showdown that makes the wandering trajectory worthwhile. |
| The New York TimesBilge EbiriIt’s not original, but it is enlivened by some artful touches and two excellent performances. |
| Rolling StoneDavid FearEven when Light of My Life feels like it’s straining under the heaviness of its storytelling, there’s something about the way he guides us to an inevitable endgame that suggests the filmmaker knows what he’s doing. It’s not a pretty picture he paints here. But it makes you want Affleck to keep picking up that brush. |
