Dead Like Me: Life After Death

Dead Like Me: Life After Death

Directed by Stephen Herek

Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

200987 min6.4 / 10

A darkly comedic afterlife drama about rule-breaking reapers grappling with temptation and connection, grounded in the tension between duty and desire.

When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break the strict reaper rules. While her friends fall victim to their desires for money, success, and fame, George breaks another rule by revealing her true identity to her living family.

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  • Is Dead Like Me: Life After Death violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Dead Like Me: Life After Death easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.

  • Is Dead Like Me: Life After Death scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does Dead Like Me: Life After Death end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Dead Like Me: Life After Death sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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