THIRTY YEARS TO LIFE

Year: 2001
USA: Exodus Entertainment (2)
USA: Keystone Entertainment (1)
Cast: Erika Alexander, Melissa De Sousa, Tracy Morgan, Paula Jai Parker, Allen Payne, T E Russell, Kadeem Hardison, Godfrey Danchimah, Janet Hubert-Whitten, Nadja Williams
Director: Vanessa Middleton
Country: USA
USA: 110 mins
USA Rated: R for language and some sexuality
USA Release Date: 9 May 2003 (Limited Release) (2)
USA Release Date: 7 June 2002 (Limited Release - Los Angeles and New York) (1)

Synopsis

30 YEARS TO LIFE is an ensemble comedy that follows the lives of six friends in New York City during the year in which they each reach their 30th birthday.

We meet an investment banker from Wall Street whose stock portfolio is longer than her list of potential companions; a stand-up comedian pegged to be the next Eddie Murphy who will settle for being the next Garrett Morris; a real estate agent whose been struggling with her weight for the past 29 years; a marketing executive who perceives any career advancement as a sign of getting old and a young man, whose thanks for being in a four year relationship is a girlfriend who insists on an even greater commitment.

Their stories represent how turning 30 makes you question whether or not your hopes and dreams will ever come true as the realities of age, mortality, and loss of metabolism set in.