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06/30/02
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
Top CriticWhat 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.
12/08/02
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12/17/02
One thing's for sure: if you had only a week to live, you wouldn't want to waste 100 minutes on this.
05/02/02
With Life or Something Like it, director Stephen Herek is the envoy for the unreliable emotional demonstrations of Hollywood. But this film maintains a modicum of actual inspiration, nonetheless.
04/29/02
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05/13/05
Top CriticAfter taking in this brainless, by-the-book romantic comedy, you'll need a breath mint just to get the taste out of your mouth.
04/28/02
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06/13/02
Top CriticJolie 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
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03/10/03
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03/28/03
You may be galled that you've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie.
04/26/02
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04/27/02
Top CriticA thoughtful and satisfying look at the ways we choose or refuse to take responsibility for our lives.
04/26/02
It has the fizzy good spirits of a flavored bottle of seltzer water, if not champagne.
04/25/02
This is an ungainly movie, ill-fitting, with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be.
04/26/02
Top CriticLife, though funny and sometimes charming, doesn't give Lanie a believable context in which to stop and smell the roses.
07/20/02
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04/29/09
Una de esas que ver en video no daña a nadie...
11/13/02
Too clumsy in key moments ... to make a big splash.
04/26/02
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