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Examined Life

Documentary1h 27m

🍅78%

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78%

Tomatometer

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74%

Popcornmeter

6.5

TMDB

Storyline

Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers from fields ranging from moral philosophy to cultural theory, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.

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Details

DirectorAstra Taylor

ReleasedSep 5, 2008

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studio

Sphinx Productions

Cast

Cornel West

Cornel West

Self

Judith Butler

Judith Butler

Self

Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek

Self

Peter Singer

Peter Singer

Self

Michael Hardt

Self

Kwame Anthony Appiah

Self

Martha C. Nussbaum

Martha C. Nussbaum

Self

Avital Ronell

Avital Ronell

Self

Sunaura Taylor

Self

Astra Taylor

Self

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Self (floating on a boat in central park)

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama

Self (floating on a boat in central park)

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

6 fresh · 1 rotten

Critics consensus

“With Examined Life , Director Astra Taylor has turned a seemingly weighty subject into a fascinating documentary.”

78% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

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Patrick Peters

RTEmpire MagazineNov 20, 2009

The ones that work, Cornel West and Peter Singer for example, are intriguing and compelling but they don't all hang together so effortlessly.

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Dave Calhoun

RTTime OutNov 20, 2009

You can't help but feel that director Astra Taylor fails at her own challenge of making an academic subject come truly alive as cinema.

K

Kevin Maher

RTThe Times (UK)Nov 20, 2009

Never dull, but it will make your head hurt.

R

Rebecca Turner

RTScreen SlateAug 19, 2026

Actually, everyone’s sweat, glittering brilliantly in low-resolution.

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Information

Title

Examined Life

Released

Sep 5, 2008

Rated

Not rated

Region of Origin

Canada

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 27m

Status

Released

Studio

Sphinx Productions

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