Life-Size
5.6 IMDb
48 Rotten Tomatoes

Where To Watch Life-Size (2000)

Life-Size follows Casey Stuart (Lindsay Lohan), a lonely 12-year-old girl struggling with the death of her mother. Desperate to bring her mother back, Casey attempts a magical resurrection spell using a book of magic. But the spell goes hilariously wrong and instead brings her fashionable doll Eve (Tyra Banks) to life. Eve, who is confident, glamorous and completely unfamiliar with the real world, suddenly finds herself living alongside Casey and her father Ben Stuart (Jere Burns). What begins as a bizarre magical accident becomes an unexpected journey about grief, family, friendship and learning what it really means to grow up. The contrast between Casey's serious, emotionally complicated childhood and Eve's exaggerated doll-like optimism gives the movie its distinctive charm. As Eve attempts to understand everyday human life, Casey gradually learns that bringing someone back isn't the same as dealing with loss—and that sometimes moving forward is the most important kind of magic.

  • Release Date: March 5, 2000
  • Director: Mark Rosman
  • Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Coming-of-Age
  • Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes
  • Language: English
  • Starring: Jere Burns — Ben Stuart
  • Box Office: N/A
  • Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video , Disney+ , Netflix

More details about Life-Size (2000) and where you can watch

One of the biggest reasons Life-Size remains memorable is the unusual pairing of Lindsay Lohan and Tyra Banks. Lohan was still a child star at the time, while Banks was already a major fashion model. The film essentially turns the world of a glamorous fashion doll into a fish-out-of-water comedy, with Eve having to discover everything from ordinary social interactions to the rules of being human.

The movie also became more culturally significant after its original television run. Although its initial reviews were mixed, Life-Size developed a cult following, particularly around Tyra Banks’ energetic performance as Eve. Rotten Tomatoes currently lists only three critic reviews, while its audience page contains more than 25,000 ratings.

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Did You Know

Life-Size was originally presented as a two-hour television movie on ABC’s The Wonderful World of Disney, even though modern streaming versions can be considerably shorter. D23 specifically records its original March 5, 2000 television broadcast.