Term Life

"A daughter out of options. A father out of time."

2016 1h 33m EN

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 332

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Synopsis

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If Nick Barrow can stay alive for 21 days, he'll die happy. Everyone Nick knows wants him dead; Mob bosses, contract killers, and dirty cops. Performing the last act of a desperate man, Nick takes out a million dollar insurance policy on himself, payable to his estranged daughter. The problem? The policy doesn't take effect for 21 days. Nick knows they'll be lucky to be alive for twenty-one hours.

“A daughter out of options. A father out of time.”

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Cast

Vince Vaughn
Nick Barrow
Hailee Steinfeld
Cate Barrow
Bill Paxton
Detective Keenan
Jonathan Banks
Harper
Mike Epps
Darryl Mosley
Jordi Mollà
Victor Fuentes
Shea Whigham
Matty Miller
Jon Favreau
Jimmy Lincoln

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peter Billingsley
Writers: Andy Lieberman, Craig Gilmore
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 0% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Peter Billingsley, shot by Roberto Schaefer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Dave Porter. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Dan Lebental shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Vince Vaughn and Hailee Steinfeld and Bill Paxton carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A daughter out of options. A father out of time.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2978102 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Peter Billingsley directs. Roberto Schaefer behind the camera. Dave Porter scores. Dan Lebental cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 0% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Directed by Peter Billingsley, shot by Roberto Schaefer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Dave Porter. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Dan Lebental shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Vince Vaughn and Hailee Steinfeld and Bill Paxton carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "A daughter out of options. A father out of time.".
8IMDB entry: tt2978102 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Roberto Schaefer
Original score: Dave Porter
Editing: Dan Lebental
Production design: J. Dennis Washington
Costume design: Alix Hester
Makeup / hair: Lay'Na Anderson
Stunt coordinator: Darrin Prescott
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $16,500,000
Box office: $21,256
Return: 0% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Term Life (2016)

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Reno2016-09-01
★ 5/10
When the cops and the bad guys hunting the same duo. A simple crime-thriller involving the father-daughter duo running away from the cops and thieves. It was based on the novel of the same name, but kind of feels like another version of Nicola Cage's 2012 film, 'Stolen'. In this the father at any cost protects his daughter. He was actually a heist planner and when his latest bidder was murdered after successfully accomplishing the heist, he and his daughter was targeted by some unknown men. So they're on the run, but how it will solved are told in the rest of the film. To me the film was okay, but the same old stuffs with the new cast and locations and a bit altered storyline. So nothing new in it, but somewhat entertaining. That's the point you know remade, rebooted or copied, all matters if it is boring. Anyway, I was not expecting a masterpiece. But with a concept like 'heist designer', the film was utterly wasted for running and chasing cliché stuffs. Instead, it should have had made a better film by focusing on the main character's special gift. There were none great stunt sequences, but there were some black humours in it, since Vince Vaughn is not known as an action hero. But the character and the story suited him very well and the other side Hailee Steinfeld was not bad either. The film is not worth recommending, but if you choose it, I won't stop you as it wasn't going to hurt anybody. 5/10
Reno2016-09-01
★ 5/10
A Cool kind, but suddenly feeling the real life pressure! Another teen comedy-drama, precisely to say a coming-of-age theme based on the novel of the same name. It is not from the big production house, but the well known faces make it a worth a watch and their performances were too not bad. The tale of a teen tomboy girl Lucy, whose father visits home often who works in Canada and her mother is an easy going type. It's about a time for her sexual exploration and the first choice is her best buddy Kenny. But quickly the things around changes which forces her to opt the life she wants and what follows is how it all shapes up before bringing a curtain to the narration. I felt like wanting to give it a better rating, at least it deserves a decent respect, but narration had lots of up and down. That does not matter, even for how a tale begins, but the ending should have been a better one where I slightly disappointed with it. Sarah Bolger looked solid, totally one man show you could say. Maybe that is how the story was designed, but that did not stand a chance to impress me, because I thought it leaned excessively on her alone leaving other characters less developed. Anyway, it could also be said like this that it was her story which lacked the good support. It is not just a coming-of-age film, but when you look at how the story ends, that's kind of self-discovery. Maybe the girl was caught between the teenhood and adulthood, especially in the climax it leaped forward too long. The hardest part is the R rating for a teen film, though there were none nudes, even in the sex scenes, but the film topic itself highly influenced by those like experiencing and moving-on in the life. So the film is not worth going after for a watching by someone's recommendation, only when you get an opportunity without much options you could try it. 5.5/10