![]()
|
|
|
NUMBERS
Box Office: $14,400,987
VHS Rentals: $3,330,000
details...
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.
CAST & CREW
Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub
Directed by Stephen Herek
more...
SYNOPSIS
An ambitious TV anchorwoman, Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie) decides to change her destiny when a homeless man tells her she'll die within a week. more...
MPAA RATING
PG-13, sexual content, brief violence, and language
RUNTIME
1 hour, 55 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Apr 26, 2002
Video: Oct 15, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
20th Century Fox
GENRE
Dramas, Romance, Reporters, News
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Life or Something Like It Site
------------------------------
PARENTS EVALUATION
POSTERS
TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
NEWS ARTICLES
LINKS
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
FORUM
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Page:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4   |
|
 "To enjoy this movie's sharp dialogue and delightful performance by Jolie and Burns, you have to gloss over the no sense ending."
-- Victoria Alexander, FILMSINREVIEW.COM
"The disjointed mess flows as naturally as Jolie's hideous yellow 'do."
-- Todd Anthony, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
 "Sincere energy gives this soul-searcher something magic to find - if even along the beaten path."
-- Ross Anthony, HOLLYWOOD REPORT CARD
"It manages to squeeze by on Angelina Jolie's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy."
-- William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"But even with the two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry between Jolie and Burns...this otherwise appealing picture loses its soul to Screenwriting For Dummies conformity."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"Suffers from a decided lack of creative storytelling."
-- Betsy Bozdech, REEL.COM
"...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."
-- Larry Carroll, COUNTINGDOWN.COM
"Angelina is appealing doing the girly girl thing.
"
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"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."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"Contains the humor, characterization, poignancy, and intelligence of a bad sitcom."
-- Mark Dujsik, MARK REVIEWS MOVIES
"Its message has merit and, in the hands of a brutally honest individual like Prophet Jack, might have made a point or two regarding life."
-- Michael Elliott, MOVIE PARABLES
"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."
-- Bruce Feld, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"Exploring value choices is a worthwhile topic for a film -- but here the choices are as contrived and artificial as Kerrigan's platinum-blonde hair."
-- Jack Garner, ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE
|
|
"It appears as if even the filmmakers didn't know what kind of movie they were making."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"What's so striking about Jolie's performance is that she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair."
-- Jay Boyar, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"A really good premise is frittered away in middle-of-the-road blandness."
-- Robert W. Butler, KANSAS CITY STAR
"An unwise amalgam of Broadcast News and Vibes."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"This is not one of the movies you’d want to watch if you only had a week to live."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"The only type of lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles are ones in formulaic mainstream movies."
-- Michael Dequina, MR. BROWN'S MOVIES
"Jolie's performance vanishes somewhere between her hair and her lips."
-- David Elliott, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
"Too clumsy in key moments ... to make a big splash."
-- Dan Fazio, CITYSEARCH
"A cautionary tale about the folly of superficiality that is itself endlessly superficial."
-- Bill Gallo, NEW TIMES
"Lanie's professional success means she must be a failure at life, because she's driven by ambition and Doesn't Know How to Have Fun."
-- Steven D. Greydanus, DECENT FILMS GUIDE
|
|
|
ROTTEN 21%
Avg. Rating: 4.3/10 |
"What we have is a character faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless, vapid and devoid of substance, in a movie that is definitely meaningless, vapid and devoid of substance."
-- John Anderson, NEWSDAY
"Life or Something Like It has its share of high points, but it misses too many opportunities."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
"Life is a crock -- or something like it."
-- Mike Clark, USA TODAY
"A pleasant piece of escapist entertainment."
-- Paul Clinton, CNN
"This is an ungainly movie, ill-fitting, with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"Partly a schmaltzy, by-the-numbers romantic comedy, partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless."
-- Jonathan Foreman, NEW YORK POST
"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."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"You may be galled that you've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie."
-- Renee Graham, BOSTON GLOBE
"A pleasant romantic comedy."
-- Eric Harrison, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"Cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation (career - kids = misery) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds."
-- Mark Holcomb, VILLAGE VOICE
|
|
"A film neither bitter nor sweet, neither romantic nor comedic, neither warm nor fuzzy."
-- Eric Allen Hatch, ORLANDO WEEKLY
|
|
| Page:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|
* Who are the Approved Tomatometer Critics?
* Mouse over a tomato icon for a publication's original rating. Original rating not available for every publication.
* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Life or Something Like It" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
|
|
|
|
mikecandance
| In my bedroom, you'll find: "Plates and cups from midnight snacking, taped episodes of the Golden Girls and a body pillow shaped like a catfish." |
|
|
|
|
|
Rent DVDs Online with Netflix - Try Free
Rent as many DVDs as you want for just $20 a month. Over 13,500 titles - from classics to new releases. Free, fast shipping both ways. No late fees - ever.
The Palm Store – Buy Direct and Save!
$50 rebate on the Palm Zire 71 or any Palm Tungsten handheld with trade-in. Plus, special offers on accessories and software - Only available at the Palm Store.
Access Your PC from Anywhere $19.95/Month
GoToMyPC is Web-based remote-control software. It is a very easy and secure way to access and control your PC from any Web browser.
$7.95/mo Power Hosting - Free Setup and Domain
Award-winning web site host. Get 500 megs of space, 300 pop e-mails, Frontpage, free marketing package, free content, free web site builder free domain and free setup.
Complete Service Management: Magic Solutions®
Magic Solutions® helps boost profitability by aligning people, processes, and technology to increase service levels, measure performance, and cut costs. Free service management evaluation guide.
|
|
|
|
|
Log In 
