Based on Stephen King’s not-at-all-scary short story, the one-note movie starring Tom Hiddleston unfolds backwards in three soupy parts, and is narrated by Nick Offerman like a lumberjack Dr.

The Life of Chuck is a perfect marriage of Mike Flanagan and Stephen King's talents, but not in the way you might expect. Both are living legends of horror, with the former creating a bevy of absolutely haunting miniseries for Netflix,

In this photo supplied by the Mobile Film Office, a scene from "The Life of Chuck" is being filmed on Dauphin Street in downtown Mobile, Ala. Notice the banner on the light post, a prop from the film. The movie premiered Sept. 6, 2024, at the Toronto International Film Festival. Photo by Dan Anderson. Dan Anderson | Mobile Film Office

The Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award has gone to “The Life of Chuck.” The prize hands Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation one of the most-watched prizes of the fall film festival circuit.

The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival was a success on many fronts, launching many titles into the marketplace looking for buyers, and others into the fall season, including the usual spate of Oscar contenders. But the festival continues to contract, with empty seats in the largest houses.

The first reviews have hit the internet for director Mike Flanagan ’s new film The Life of Chuck . This is his adaptation of Stephen King’s incredible story and critics are loving the film! In fact, The Life of Chuck is said to be “one of the all-time great Stephen King adaptations.

The Toronto Film Festival's audience winner has gone on to receive an Oscar Best Picture nomination for the last 12 years in a row

“ The Life of Chuck ,” a feel-good apocalyptic story starring Tom Hiddleston and directed by Mike Flanagan, took home the Toronto International Film Festival’s people’s choice award.

The TIFF People's Choice Award is usually a bellwether to the Oscars, but this year the prize reflects rather more deep-seated global concerns among the voters than just the race to Best Picture. Based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King - one of the four in his 2020 novella If