Life or Something Like It

Life or Something Like It (2002)

  • 28% of critics liked it
    (120 reviews)

  • 46% of users liked it
    (44,188 ratings)

An egotistical TV reporter learns to appreciate the good things in life thanks to an eccentric, homeless clairvoyant in this old-fashioned romantic comedy from director Stephen Herek (Mr. Holland's Opus). Seattle native Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie) has spent most of her adult existence trying… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
John Scott Shepherd, Dana Stevens
Genres
Comedy, Romance
In Theaters
Apr 26, 2002 Wide
On DVD
Oct 15, 2002
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

    Life, though funny and sometimes charming, doesn't give Lanie a believable context in which to stop and smell the roses.

  • Rex Reed, New York Observer

    Formulaic, delusional and about as accurate a depiction of life in television news (or something like it) as a Pillsbury bake-off.

  • Mark Holcomb, Village Voice

    Cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation (career - kids = misery) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    [A] fun romp...

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    Lanie, who suggests a blow-dried human Q-tip, is so jarring on the eyes, it's difficult to concentrate on the story.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bethany M


    Not that bad of a film and you really can't predict the ending at all.

  • xGary X


    Angelina is told she's going to die by a tramp and so sets about learning what's "important" in life by shagging a flat, characterless bloke who uses his young estranged son to get in her pants, and making Stockard Channing cry on national TV. I feel positively… More

  • Cassandra M


    As a huge fan of Angelina, I read about this movie and I thought "What the hell? Oh, I bet this is gonna be lame... nice title." but after a while I started wanting to see it more and more until on opening night I HAD to go. And I have to say the movie wasn't awful..… More

  • Michael G


    Y.A.W.N. The alternate title for this was a good movie or nothing like it.

  • Leigh R


    Great movie.

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