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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12/08/02
Life or Something Like It (2002)
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Reviews Counted:118
Fresh:32
Rotten:86
Average Rating:4.5/10
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $14,400,987
Synopsis: Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie), an ambitious TV anchorwoman, is adorned in a perfect wardrobe enhanced by her trademark Marilyn Monroe-inspired blonde bouffant hairdo. She is also engaged to a... [More]
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, Christian Kane
Director: Stephen Herek
Reviews for Life or Something Like It
1 - 20 (sorted by fresh rating; Australian critics are listed first)
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06/30/02
Top CriticJolie's cute and charming love interest Edward Burns is likable and has cool hair, and that's enough to make you root for the good guy (and gal) and gloss over the film's inadequacies.
04/26/02
Top CriticWhile the finished product is not without merit it’s difficult to erase the bitter taste of squandered opportunities.
05/21/02
The biggest revelation is that Angelina Jolie looks pretty hot when she's dolled up with big blonde hair.
12/05/02
Although Life or Something Like It is very much in the mold of feel-good movies, the cast and director Stephen Herek's polished direction pour delightfully piquant wine from aged bottles.
05/04/02
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.
06/07/02
Despite the film's decided thinness, there's still a kernel of something here -- a sweetness and vitality that peeks through.
04/26/02
This is Angelina Jolie's movie all the way, and she does not disappoint.
04/26/02
Jolie gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters, especially if you're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging.
04/25/02
Slightly above-average, somewhat dawdly and meandering romantic comedy. Angelina Jolie is at her most tolerable.
04/26/02
A pleasant romantic comedy.
04/26/02
What's so striking about Jolie's performance is that she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair.
04/25/02
...Clearly displays the workmanlike instincts of its creative team, instincts which neither inspire greatness nor fail altogether.
02/08/03
Life wouldn't have worked nearly as well as it did without Jolie, and I'm not sure too many other actresses could have carried this film.
04/26/02
An adroit crowd-pleaser, and Jolie and Burns exude charisma and the right chemistry.
04/25/02
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04/26/02
...there is enough originality in 'Life' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens.
04/25/02
Angelina is appealing doing the girly girl thing.
04/25/02
It has the fizzy good spirits of a flavored bottle of seltzer water, if not champagne.
04/25/02
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