Chained for Life is a 2019 American drama film written and directed by Aaron Schimberg.[3] Title may refer to the 1952 film of the same title that featured conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, who had worked as singers and 'display' people in circuses and old style freak shows.
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Directed by | Aaron Schimberg |
Written by | Aaron Schimberg |
Produced by | Daniel Patrick Carbone Vanessa McDonnell Matthew Petock Dan Schoenbrun Zachary Shedd |
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Cinematography | Adam J. Minnick |
Edited by | Sofi Marshall |
Music by | C. Spencer Yeh |
Production companies | Flies Collective Grand Motel Films The Eyeslicer |
Distributed by | Kino Lorber |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $17,431[1][2] |
A beautiful actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur's English-language debut.
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Chained for Life holds an approval rating of 100%, based on 52 reviews. Its consensus reads, "Darkly funny and impressively ambitious, Chained for Life is as unpredictable as it is original."[4] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 79 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]