Where to watch Life, Animated (2016) tonight
Life, Animated (2016) runs 1 h 31 min, is rated PG in the US and averages 7.4 from 150 TMDB members. At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind ceased to speak, disappearing into autism with apparently no way out. Almost four years passed and the only stimuli that engaged Owen were Disney films. Then one day, his father donned a puppet—Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin—and asked “what’s it like to be you?” And poof! Owen replied, with dialogue from the movie. Life, Animated tells…
- Runtime
- 1 h 31 min — ends 9:31 pm if you start at 8:00 pm
- Rated
- PG (US)
- Genres
- Documentary
- Released
- July 1, 2016
- TMDB rating
- 7.4 / 10 from 150 votes
- Director
- Roger Ross Williams
- Starring
- Owen Suskind, Ron Suskind, Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried
- Language
- English
Where to watch it tonight
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Streaming availability by JustWatch. In the US, as of 2026-11-08: Amazon Prime Video (subscription), fuboTV (subscription), Amazon Prime Video with Ads (subscription), The Roku Channel (free with ads), Pluto TV (free with ads), Plex (free with ads), Tubi TV (free with ads).
Questions people ask
- How long is Life, Animated?
- Life, Animated is 1 h 31 min long (91 minutes). If you start it at 8:00 pm it ends at 9:31 pm; add about 20 minutes if you watch trailers first.
- What is Life, Animated rated?
- Life, Animated is rated PG in the US.
- Is Life, Animated a good movie to watch with a group?
- Better for one or two who will actually watch. Documentary reward attention; a room that talks over it will miss the point.
- Where can I stream Life, Animated?
- In the US, as of 2026-11-08: Amazon Prime Video (subscription), fuboTV (subscription), Amazon Prime Video with Ads (subscription), The Roku Channel (free with ads), Pluto TV (free with ads), Plex (free with ads), Tubi TV (free with ads). Availability changes often; this page loads the live list for your country (streaming availability by JustWatch).
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