Life or Something Like It

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Life or Something Like It

PG-13,

2002,

1h 43m,

Comedy

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28%

116 Reviews

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44%

25,000+ Ratings

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28%

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116 Reviews

44%

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25,000+ Ratings

Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie), a feature reporter at a Seattle television station, leads the ultimate superficial life, even though she thinks she has it all, like a superstar boyfriend, a gorgeous apartment, and a shot at a big network assignment. Her perfect world starts unraveling after a homeless street seer tells Lanie that she leads a meaningless existence, and will die the following week. When the savant's other predictions come true, Lanie begins to re-examine her life and priorities.

Critics Consensus

Though Jolie is appealing, Life or Something Like It is too contrived and predictable to convincingly convey its message of stopping to smell the roses.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 25, 2010

4/5

Old fashioned date movie for older teens.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Jun 19, 2003

1/4

Watching the bleach blonde actress prance around the steep hills of Seattle in skintight pastel skirt suits wobbling atop sky-high stilettos is almost more than one should have to bare.

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Michael Wilmington

Chicago Tribune

Jul 20, 2002

2.5/4

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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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Apr 29, 2009

Pseudo-spiritual nonsense...

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Scott Nash

Three Movie Buffs

Sep 30, 2005

3/4

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Aug 1, 2003

2.5/4

...a passable endeavor that probably could (and should) have been better.

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Hagrid W

Oct 28, 2018

The movie fails to tells its story in an interesting way.

Luke R

Sep 25, 2017

I love a good romance. And this interesting story line kept me hooked until the end. Not forgetting Angelina was so pleasing to the eye !

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George R

Feb 2, 2017

It's good movie to watch

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Stephen Herek

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Angelina Jolie

Lanie

Edward Burns

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Synopsis

Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie), a feature reporter at a Seattle television station, leads the ultimate superficial life, even though she thinks she has it all, like a superstar boyfriend, a gorgeous apartment, and a shot at a big network assignment. Her perfect world starts unraveling after a homeless street seer tells Lanie that she leads a meaningless existence, and will die the following week. When the savant's other predictions come true, Lanie begins to re-examine her life and priorities.

Director: Stephen Herek
Producer: Arnon Milchan, John Davis, Chi-Li Wong, Toby Jaffe
Screenwriter: John Scott Shepherd, Dana Stevens, John Scott Shepherd
Distributor: Gemini Film [ru], 20th Century Fox de Argentina [ar], 20th Century Fox, Medusa Distribuzione
Production Co: Regency Enterprises, Monarchy Enterprises B.V., New Regency Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Brief Violence|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 26, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.4M
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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