Critic Reviews
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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.
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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.
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Mark Holcomb, Village Voice
Cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation (career - kids = misery) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
[A] fun romp...
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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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Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
Old fashioned date movie for older teens.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...mostly just dull and forgettable.
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John R. McEwen, Film Quips Online
...Clearly displays the workmanlike instincts of its creative team, instincts which neither inspire greatness nor fail altogether.
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Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile
What begins as a somewhat predictable Hollywood romantic comedy, spirals into a tender, sweet love story and opens the door to life's deeper and more meaningful issues.
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Andrew Manning, Radio Free Entertainment
The biggest revelation is that Angelina Jolie looks pretty hot when she's dolled up with big blonde hair.
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Alex Ramirez, Cinenganos
Una de esas que ver en video no daña a nadie...
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James Rocchi, Netflix
Angelina Jolie's romance/comedy/drama isn't terribly romantic, comedic or dramatic.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
Ms. Jolie tries her best to be sweet, brisk, and breezy, but the film's leaden pace and hackneyed plot won't allow her to be much more than a cardboard spectator...
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Scott Weinberg, DVD Clinic
Whoever said 'blondes have more fun' may have been right, but that doesn't mean we have to PAY to watch it happen in such trivial fashion.
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Mark Palermo, Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
The film carries itself with the same fake, contented evasiveness throughout.
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Paul Salfen, Supercala.com
A predictable and contrived, yet somewhat enjoyable film that was spoiled by the preview.
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Eugene Novikov, Film Blather
Making a "feather-light" comedy isn't an excuse for making a bad movie.
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Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, TheMovieChicks.com
I wanted a great movie or something like that (and didn't quite get it). But if you're looking for a movie to watch on a rainy day when you want to skip work and stay home in bed with someone you love, it's not bad.
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James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
...(The film) asks Jolie to turn off the manic energy that has always been her calling card and to play a normal woman instead. You might as well try to cram a Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade balloon into a dollhouse.
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John Patterson, L.A. Weekly
Comes on like a romantic comedy with metaphysical pretensions, but somehow these opposing aspects manage to cancel each other out, leaving us with laugh-lite comedy and, well, metaphysical pretensions.
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Featured Audience Ratings
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Not that bad of a film and you really can't predict the ending at all.
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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
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 enlightened. The only appeal to this tackily directed piffle is Ms. Jolies easiness on the eye. Except in this she looks like a heroin addict with Margaret Thatcher's hair do.
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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
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.. and it wasn't, like, the best movie I've ever seen. But it was fun.. I loved it.. and I'd definitely like to watch it again. The scene where the crowd was singing was kind of stupid and unrealistic.. but it was funny.. and like a lot of things I couldn't stop laughing at it. Haha. This is the kind of movie you watch when you just want to have some fun with a bunch of friends.. and if that's all your looking for then you'll love it too. Angelina was awesome, as usual, and the rest of the cast did pretty good too. If you thought this was a bad movie then you're probably just expecting too much from it. I thought it was great!
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Y.A.W.N. The alternate title for this was a good movie or nothing like it.
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Life or Something Like It is a fairly bland and formulaic romantic comedy that tries to get by on the charm of the two leads. The story follows a Seattle report who, after receiving a prediction that she has a week to live, reevaluates her life and the choices that she's made.… More
Life or Something Like It is a fairly bland and formulaic romantic comedy that tries to get by on the charm of the two leads. The story follows a Seattle report who, after receiving a prediction that she has a week to live, reevaluates her life and the choices that she's made. Angelina Jolie and Edward Burns lead the cast, but don't have particularly good chemistry; though Jolie's charisma keeps the film interesting. However, most of the characters are stereotypical and don't have much depth. Additionally, there are problems with the tone of film and it doesn't balance the serious themes with the comedy that well. Still, Life or Something Like It does have some charm to it and is entertaining for a spell.
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Before any thing I want to say that Angelina Jolie with white-blonde hair in an homage-to-Marilyn style is just so, so wrong.
'Life or something like it'
I really enjoyed this film. While it wasn't the greatest, it most certainly wasn't the worst. A few… More
Before any thing I want to say that Angelina Jolie with white-blonde hair in an homage-to-Marilyn style is just so, so wrong.
'Life or something like it'
I really enjoyed this film. While it wasn't the greatest, it most certainly wasn't the worst. A few particularly hysterical funny moments with the majority of the film making everyone smile or chuckle.
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It's hard not to like movies with Angelina Jolie, even this one where she is Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie), a reporter for a Seattle television station... but I wasn't impressed...
Story is interesting and reevaluation of the life in that age is something common for… More
It's hard not to like movies with Angelina Jolie, even this one where she is Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie), a reporter for a Seattle television station... but I wasn't impressed...
Story is interesting and reevaluation of the life in that age is something common for most of us... But the story gets lost somewhere between the prophecy, attempts to reconcile with the sister and father, consolations and the boyfriend (Christian Kane), her lifelong ambition... I wasn't sure that cameraman Pete Scanlon (Edward Burns) had a better life formula but it seems that Lanie Kerrigan thought so!
I like the acting... rest was below the average!
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Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie) is a stuck up news reporter who is being considered for a posh job in New York, but first she must prove herself in the field by working with Pete, an experienced cameraman (Edward Burns) whom she supposedly hates. One day, she interviews a strange… More
Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie) is a stuck up news reporter who is being considered for a posh job in New York, but first she must prove herself in the field by working with Pete, an experienced cameraman (Edward Burns) whom she supposedly hates. One day, she interviews a strange street prophet and he announces that the blonde Angelina Jolie will die within a week.
She doesn't believe him at first, but after he makes some other predictions that come true, she begins to realize that she is in fact going to die. As Thursday (D-day) quickly approaches, the reporter re-evaluates her own life and decides to change the way she lives.
All in all an interesting movie, with a message worth pondering `if you suddenly discovered that you might only have a week more to live, how would you spend that remaining time and what changes would you make to your life?'
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I never quite felt Intigued by this story, and after 32 minutes, I understood why.
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It's too cliche, predictable. Angelina Jolie Played the character well, but the story fell apart, at times confusing. Disappointing twist at the end
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Something about this movie was very charming. I liked the characters and the humor even though it was very predictable.
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I thought this was going to be kinda freaky and different whereby the prophecy of Angelina's fate would actually come true at the end. Sadly, they went with a lame loophole in the hobo's vision and and a happy ending ensued. Why was Stockard such a bitch to Angelina at the… More
I thought this was going to be kinda freaky and different whereby the prophecy of Angelina's fate would actually come true at the end. Sadly, they went with a lame loophole in the hobo's vision and and a happy ending ensued. Why was Stockard such a bitch to Angelina at the end?
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