Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Stephen King's The Life of Chuck now has a digital release date, which could help this ...

Our lives are magic.” “Charles Krantz to the external world seems to be the gray man in the gray suit, Mr. Businessman, walking to the business conference with his business briefcase.

The film tells the story of Charles Krantz, a dance-loving accountant who tragically dies from a brain tumor at 39.

“Life of Chuck” — 2.5 stars “Life of Chuck” is a peculiar movie with grandiose ambitions. It teases out a cosmic mystery about life and some guy named Charles Krantz (Tom Hiddleston ...

Follow the life of Charles Krantz in The Life of Chuck, a feel-good film starring Tom Hiddleston, Karen Gillan, and Mark Hamill, directed by Mike Flanagan.

GILLAN: Well, I guess, in a way, Charles Krantz is everyone. He is a really ordinary guy who essentially didn't do the thing that he wanted to do with his life.

“Charles Krantz. 39 great years! Thanks Chuck!” the signs read. It’s the background until it’s all that’s left as the world appears to be ending. The internet has gone out.

What Flanagan – and King – do is a sort of slow sleight of hand that mimics the emotional journey of Charles Krantz. If you know the world is going to end, how do you live your life?

GILLAN: Well, I guess, in a way, Charles Krantz is everyone. He is a really ordinary guy who essentially didn't do the thing that he wanted to do with his life.