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Defending Your Life: A Hilarious Exploration of Fear and Love in the Afterlife
In the 1991 comedy-fantasy film Defending Your Life, directed by Albert Brooks, audiences are taken on a journey that intricately weaves themes of fear, growth, and love, all set in a whimsical version of the afterlife. The film begins with advertising executive Daniel Miller—played by Brooks himself—who finds himself celebrating his thirty-ninth birthday alone in Los Angeles. His day goes south when a distracted drive results in a crash against a bus, and he wakes up in a surreal, Purgatory-like environment.