Life Hits
A Danish teenager’s carefree party life collapses when a misunderstood flirtation turns her closest friends into merciless persecutors.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- raw
- tense
- intimate
- serious movie night
- social issue film viewing
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Christina’s position within the tightly knit girls’ gang collapses after Cecilie misinterprets her interaction with Shaid.
The misunderstanding develops into coordinated bullying and reaches a point where the consequences cannot be reversed.
Christina and her classmates neglect schoolwork while gate-crashing parties, drinking, using drugs, and pursuing romantic attention.
The Copenhagen suburb frames the girls’ school and weekend life as a closed world of surveillance, status, and exclusion.
Films like Life Hits, and why
Movie Details
- Director
- Christian E. Christiansen
- Release Date
- 2006-07-03
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 (14)
Cast
- Laura Christensen
- Stephanie Leon
- Julie R. Ølgaard
- Sara Line Møller Olsen
- Mette Riber Christoffersen
- Julie Christiansen
- Neel Rønholt
- Sofie Topp-Duus
- Cyron Melville
- Murad 'Muri' Mahmoud
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Life Hits about?
- A Danish teenager’s carefree party life collapses when a misunderstood flirtation turns her closest friends into merciless persecutors.
- What is Life Hits like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Life Hits as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Life Hits violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Life Hits as mild.
- Which films are like Life Hits?
- Films with a similar feel include Thirteen, Bully, and Fish Tank.
- How long is Life Hits?
- Life Hits runs 93 minutes.
- Where can I watch Life Hits?
- In United States, Life Hits is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video.
