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Drama

Life

From rebel to icon

6.0(375) 9/9/2015 1h 52m
Drama

In 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star.

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Top Cast

Robert Pattinson

Robert Pattinson

Dennis Stock

Dane DeHaan

Dane DeHaan

James Dean

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton

John Morris

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Jack Warner

Kelly McCreary

Kelly McCreary

Eartha Kitt

Kristian Bruun

Kristian Bruun

Roger Love

Lauren Gallagher

Lauren Gallagher

Natalie Wood

Kendal Rae

Kendal Rae

Messy Actress

Directed by

Anton Corbijn

Production

Reviews

Reno

5/10

5/14/2016

> The early days of James Dean in the filmdom. It was based on the real life story of a young Hollywood star, especially during his early days of the acting career. In the 50s when a photojournalist was looking for a break, he ended up doing a story on James Dean. Initially who hated him, later gives a nod for the interview and so this story begins that focused on the time they spent together. A simple story, but a very long film. It was neither inspiring nor annoying. It was just like anybody's story around us, that's really boring. Because he was kind of an unfriendly and his tale that told in this film was very dull. Maybe if you like James Dean and his films, especially interested to learn about him, then you might like this film. But to me this biopic was just okay. Neither I

CinemaSerf

6/10

11/20/2025

Maybe the lawyers advised that a biopic on James Dean’s later life might have been too risky, so they instead alighted on this rather uninteresting phase of his life and coupled with two really unremarkable performances leave us with something that could hardly be more soporific. It’s Dane DeHaan who is the enigmatic young starlet being considered by acclaimed director Nicholas Ray (Peter Lucas) for the part that might define him - assuming studio boss Sam Goldwyn (Sir Ben Kingsley) buys in, but the waiting game is proving nerve-wracking for Dean. Meantime, at a similar stage in his own career is budding magazine photographer Dennis Stock (Robert Pattinson) who’s convinced his editor (Joel Edgerton) that a photo assignment on this aspiring actor is a good idea. Both men have their fair sha

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