Mike Flanagan is no stranger to Stephen King, as he previously wrote and directed adaptations of Gerald's Game (2017) and Doctor Sleep (2019).
Now he gives love to short story of same name from If It Bleeds, which is also a story within 2020 compilation novel.
Whether title pays homage to a famous line in Predator (1987) remains unknown.
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Marty Anderson
Karen Gillan - Felicia Gordon
Mia Sara - Sarah Krantz
Carl Lumbly - Sam Yarborough
Mark Hamill - Albie Krantz
Annalise Basso - Janice Halliday
Taylor Gordon - Taylor Franck
Nick Offerman - Narrator
Summary
Film is told in reverse chronological order and divided into three Acts, from Chuck's death coinciding with the end of the universe, to his childhood.
Not that it really matters, but Act II is changed from Buskers to Buskers Forever.
There are four iterations of accountant Charles "Chuck" Krantz:
Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay, Benjamin Pajak and Cody Flanagan.
39 GREAT years!
Poignant and charming, with everybody smashing performances out of the park, I defy whoever not to be entertained.
While obviously not a musical, dance routines are remarkably entertaining, as demonstrated by an adult Chuck and 'little sister' Janice boogying to the beat of street musician Taylor's drums, prompting rapturous applause from onlooking crowd.
After his grandfather Albie dies, a teenage Chuck finally enters the house's cupola he was previously forbidden to enter, seeing an apparition of himself on his deathbed.
He dismisses shit and vows to live life to the full, stating: "I am wonderful, I deserve to be wonderful, and I contain multitudes."
The latter part repeats his teacher Ms. Richards (Kate Siegel) quoting a sample of Walt Whitman poem Song of Myself.
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