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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyCourtney HowardVarietyCourtney HowardThe warmth and touching tenderness of All My Life melts even the coldest of hearts in its quest to deliver happy and sad tears.
- 55TheWrapSteve PondTheWrapSteve PondIt’s a drama rather than a comedy, so call it a rom-dram – and if that phrase seems slightly dismissive, it’s appropriate for a movie that plays up the sentimentality and never escapes the feeling that it’s a light look at a heavy subject.
- 50Screen RantRachel LaBonteScreen RantRachel LaBonteBolstered by the sweet chemistry of its attractive leads, All My Life doesn't listen to its central message: Make the most of the time you have.
- 50RogerEbert.comNell MinowRogerEbert.comNell MinowIt has all the gloss of a Pottery Barn catalogue and all the depth of a "hang in there" greeting card, but if you are in the mood for a sad story about very attractive people learning to get the most out of the time they have, it will do.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinRothe and Shum Jr. have such nice, authentic chemistry that they should put it to good use again. Perhaps there’s a jaunty rom-com out there with their names on it.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreEverything about this couple, from the way they pair up to the ways their romance plays out, feels scripted and inorganic, people “acting” like they’re soul mates because that’s in the job description. They know it, and we know it from watching them.
- 33The Film StageJohn FinkThe Film StageJohn FinkAll My Life recalls the formula employed by Hallmark Originals, which have predictable beats, lack nuance, and are a kind of cinematic comfort food––this is the cinematic equivalent of drinking your Carmel Frap while crying your eyes out to the new Hasley album.
- 30Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerAustin ChronicleRichard WhittakerSomehow All My Life seems oddly lacking in stakes, which is so weird considering the story (the main symptoms of onscreen Chau’s deadly but photogenic disease seem to be a little tiredness and sweatiness).
- 16The A.V. ClubCarlos AguilarThe A.V. ClubCarlos AguilarAll My Life is too passionless to earn even a begrudged sniffle. It’s all paint-by-numbers, from the requisite “screaming inside a car” shot expressing a character’s frustrations to the store-bought spontaneity of a couple jumping into a fountain fully clothed.