Rating: 3.5/5 -- With Ebert's blessing and encouragement, Life Itself is a warts-and-all look at how the son of an Illinois electrician and housewife became a prolific writer who spent 46 years as the film critic at the Chicago Sun Times. Full Review

Rating: 4/5 -- A film about a movie critic might not sound an attractive proposition, but Steve James's biographical documentary on Pulitzer Prize-winning, Chicago Sun-Times journalist Roger Ebert (who died last year) is deeply moving. Full Review

A celebration of the life of the most important film critic of the past 50 years, a man of the people as well as a film connoisseur. Full Review

Rating: 3.5/4 -- Life Itself is not a film of mourning, it is a film of celebration. It is not a lionization, it is an exploration. But most importantly I think it is a film that Roger would be proud of. Full Review

I loved this movie... partly because I loved Roger. Full Review

Rating: 3/4 -- The film's core is footage shot during the last four months of Ebert's life, when he had lost most of his jaw and was unable to eat or speak. It's hard to see him in this state, which makes his frequent cheerfulness and humor all the more remarkable. Full Review

Rating: 3/4 -- If you aren't moved by Life Itself, you ought to have your heart examined. Full Review