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This Life

Name: This Life
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015-10-05
Cast: Torri Higginson, Lauren Lee Smith, Rick Roberts, Kristopher Turner, James Wotherspoon

2015 | 2 seasons | 43 min | Drama

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a small audience and a quick end and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

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Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for anyone who loves a strong character drama.
The mood: Thoughtful and character-driven.
The pace: 2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, episodes of about 43 minutes, about 14 hours in all.
What might put you off: Nothing much for most grown-ups.

Set in contemporary Montreal, “This Life” is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family – sister, two brothers and parents – do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation.