Release Date
November 8, 2013 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
February 11, 2014 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Kevin Macdonald
Writer
Jeremy Brock, Tony Grisoni, Penelope Skinner, Jack Thorne
Cast
Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, Anna Chancellor, George McKay, Corey Johnson
Studio
Running Time
101 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for violence, disturbing image, language and some sexuality
What is How I Live Now about?
Set in the near-future UK, Saoirse Ronan plays Daisy, an American teenager sent to stay with relatives in the English countryside. Initially withdrawn and alienated, she begins to warm up to her charming surroundings, and strikes up a romance with the handsome Edmund (George MacKay). But on the fringes of their idyllic summer days are tense news reports of an escalating conflict in Europe. As the UK falls into a violent, chaotic military state, Daisy... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
World War III hits Great Britain and a teenage girl and her cousins are forced to fend for themselves in the aftermath in How I Live Now, a mildly entertaining but ultimately forgettable drama-thriller based on a novel that may or may not be young adult fiction. Full movie review »
