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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
Top CriticThe biggest revelation is that Angelina Jolie looks pretty hot when she's dolled up with big blonde hair.
12/05/02
Una de esas que ver en video no daña a nadie...
11/13/02
Angelina Jolie's romance/comedy/drama isn't terribly romantic, comedic or dramatic.
11/07/02
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11/06/02
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10/21/02
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...
10/15/02
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.
10/15/02
The film carries itself with the same fake, contented evasiveness throughout.
08/23/02
Life, though funny and sometimes charming, doesn't give Lanie a believable context in which to stop and smell the roses.
07/20/02
A predictable and contrived, yet somewhat enjoyable film that was spoiled by the preview.
07/09/02
Making a "feather-light" comedy isn't an excuse for making a bad movie.
07/03/02
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06/13/02
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06/10/02
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
...(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.
06/03/02
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.
06/01/02
The film offered Jolie her first opportunity to star in a comedic role, and it proves she should stick to drama.
05/29/02
While the finished product is not without merit it’s difficult to erase the bitter taste of squandered opportunities.
05/21/02
The only type of lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles are ones in formulaic mainstream movies.
05/17/02
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