Life in a Day 2020 (2021) User Reviews

best thing from 2020

[kevin c · 6/10 · 7 February 2021]

Movie night with Gertie.

"Life in a Day" seemed groundbreaking ten years ago, but now we live in a TikTok era less so. So there's nothing groundbreaking here even thopiugh it's Covid and Black Lives Matter time, but it is entertaining and heartwarming.

A balanced time capsule of 2020

[ergine · 8/10 · 8 February 2021]

Collecting videos from all over the globe, this YouTube movie is a balanced time capsule of human life in 2020. Keeping the view point with common people instead of directly depicting global events (or going full Koyaanisqatsi) it stays real, life affirming, and entertaining. While simultaneously avoiding being grandiose or cheesy.

A good watch for all of us locked in our rooms, houses, and apartments. Reminding us of the larger world out there.

Too Much at Times

[Hitchcoc · 7/10 · 28 February 2021]

I remember an old show called "Ben Casey" that began with the lead in, "Birth, Life, Death, Infinity." This is the task of this documentary which has had mixed reviews. The original was done in 2010 and this was a follow up. It must have been a monumental task. While there are some pretty gripping scenes, the editing was all over the place. Transitions were unclear and sometimes it was hard to see where things were going. Maybe a little voice over using poetry or some literary pieces would have helped. I suppose since so many cultures were engaged, that might be unfair. I stayed with it, but I never had the aha moment. Certainly worth a look.

Life in a Day 2020 2021 Review

[chandean-69762 · 8/10 · 8 February 2021]

A very nice and beautiful documentary about life, specifically on the day of July 25th 2020. It covers topics like covid, the BLM protests, pollution, life, death, love, work, meaning and so much more. This docu also did a wonderful job showing all walks of life, cultures, struggles, people with unique hobbies and more in a way that never felt forced or remodeled for the purpose of the documentary, it all felt pure.

I think my only complaint would be that I felt like it jumped around a lot and has no real transitions, but it all fit together nicely and compacted well in its hour and 20 minute run time.

Perfect.

[lvcca · 10/10 · 16 March 2021]

For what this movie proposes itself to do, it accomplishes it in a beaultiful result. If movies are the best of way of telling stories, this one does that in the most wonderful way - visiting all the corners of humanity and their tales in a well crafted way. I recommend this for everyone.

The second installment...

[whosyourdadyMike · 10/10 · 17 April 2022]

The second installment of 'Life in a Day' movie, first filmed in 2010, makes a 10 years leap and catches the world once again in its lenses, this time in the special conditions of the covid pandemic.

It's interesting to see how people thought this could unfold, how others are now after 10 years since the last movie and that the major concerns and joys of people around the world haven't changed.

Filmed on July 25, 2020, and Released February 6, 2021

[Moonbeam_87 · 10/10 · 17 July 2022]

I Filmed My Life in a Day on July 25, 2020. And I Remember waiting with Baited Breath If I was 1 of the Chosen to be in this 1, Since I couldn't Film My Life in a Day 2010, 1 I didn't know about the Filming, and 2 I didn't have a Camera to Film with until 2016. So Yeah This Review is about My experience with Director Kevin Macdonald, Well He's Clearly a Highlander. But Even though he didn't Choose My Vid, There's only So Much you can Fit in 90 Minutes of Film and TUBERS Across the Globe were Filming. And on February 5, 2021 I had Technical Difficulties That Lasted for Quite a While. Life in a Day 2020 gets My TM M for Moonbeam 87 Approved.

Nice montage, lacking context

[garethcrook · 4/10 · 7 February 2021]

Following on from Life in a Day from 2010, we're now back again with an update, the 2020 version. Directed by Kevin McDonald again and executive produced by Ridley Scott (who I'm sure did sod all). It's essentially the same idea repeated. People film stuff themselves (324,000 videos we're told at the start), all shot on 25th July 2020, uploaded to YouTube and Kevin sticks it all together in some meaningful way. I can't remember a damn thing about the last one and ask me about this in 10 years... or maybe next month and I'll have forgotten. It's not that it's crap. There's some exquisite content here and it's interesting while you're watching it. But with no context given to the material, it's mere forgettable wallpaper. Some of it very nice wallpaper, shot beautifully in 4K, or underwater or a in staggering amount of drone shots. It does it's best with a dramatic start, a montage of women in labour and sunrises as cities wake up. Cows are milked, roosters crow, the world prepares for the day. It's fun, frivolous, a bit quirky. Most of the clips are cut too tight to truly enjoy, but there are some sequences left to breathe a little easier. In general the tone is kept light, hopeful, everyone sharing their best selves, with even the sadder moments kept brief. We get proposals and weddings, lots of masks and social distancing of course. Shot in 2020 this is inevitable and in a way that makes it a little more interesting as a document. We've had the births and marriages, Covid covers the death quota and it gets a lot of screen time, but all the big events of the year are here, the BLM marches and trouble in America does in many ways appear to carry the most weight. Ultimately it's a love letter to life, to humanity. I'm not sure it's really much of a success in summing us up or summing up one day in July, but it's pohsitive and that should probably be celebrated.