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Life really sings when it's simply pulling together thematic montages - of waking up, food preparation or answers to the question "What do you fear?" - or letting a genuine moment unfold without comment.
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Slant Magazine by Andrew Schenker
Only a few snippets escape the uncritical narcissism that the film celebrates and, despite their unimaginative employment, they stand as something of a rebuke to the film's dominant images.
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It's a pretty experiment with no apparent results, but plenty of marketability.
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Moving and insightful. Not a classic by any means, but a fascinating glimpse of the way we live today.
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Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern
Does the film add up to something more than a stunt? Maybe not. I was captivated by the several hours I recently saw of Christian Marclay's 24-hour-long "The Clock," a video mashup in which thousands of clips from hundred of movies contain watches and clocks telling the same time that spectators can read on their wrists. Life in a Day doesn't aspire to such intricacy, but it's fascinating all the same, an electronic update of Alexander Pope's maxim that the proper study of mankind is man.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
Life in a Day is an experimental project driven by the Internet at its best, where connectivity among the planet's population has become a reality.
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Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
Life in a Day is, without exaggeration, a profound achievement.
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Village Voice by Nicolas Rapold
The resulting object is less about the world than about itself, and feels like a hey-that's-neat 90-minute troll through the video-sharing website (which co-presents the project).
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If nothing else, Life In A Day serves as a fine time capsule, recording some of what life was like on Earth in 2010.