If you loved The Ref, try Life
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Ted Demme, and they both carry the bittersweet, playful mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Crime territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Ref, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Life is
In Depression-era confinement, a comedy of errors unfolds when two innocents bond over shared misfortune. They pass decades dodging wardens and lousy prison stew, swapping tall tales and actual ones. Sure, the bars never budge, but the jokes do.

