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Apr 5, 1991 · Defending Your Life: Directed by Albert Brooks. With Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant. In an afterlife way-station resembling a major city, the lives of the recently deceased are examined in a court-like setting.
- (20K)
- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Albert Brooks
- 1991-04-05
Defending Your Life is a 1991 American romantic comedy-fantasy film about a man who finds himself on trial in the afterlife, where proceedings examine his lifelong fears, to determine whether he'll be (yet again) reincarnated on Earth. Written, directed, and starring Albert Brooks, the film also stars Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, and Buck ...
- $16.4 million
- March 22, 1991
- Robert Grand, Michael Grillo, Herb Nanas
A heavenly panel reviews a dead yuppie's humdrum history. 3,663 IMDb 7.2 1 h 51 min 1991. X-Ray PG. Comedy · Drama · Cerebral · Charming. Available to rent or buy. Rent.
- 111 min
With Defending Your Life, writer-director-star Albert Brooks softens his trademark caustic humor -- and proves he's every bit as funny when he's tugging heartstrings. Read Critics Reviews
- (595)
- Albert Brooks
- PG
- Albert Brooks
1 day ago · ‘Defending Your Life,’ Meryl Streep, Albert Brooks, 1991©Geffen Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Reiner has long admired Brooks for sticking to his guns, he said.
Apr 5, 1991 · Dan visits her hotel and is dismayed to discover that she has much better facilities than he does - Four Seasons instead of Motel 6 - and he wonders if maybe your hotel assignment is a clue about how well you lived your past life.
