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starring: Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, Christian Kane, James Gammondirected by: Stephen Herek
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0024543057345
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: January 14, 2003
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 11126
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: April 26, 2002
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Editorial Review:
Description:
A reporter, Lanie Kerrigan (Jolie), interviews a psychic homeless man (Shalhoub) for a fluff piece about a football game's score. Instead, he tells her that her life has no meaning, and is going to end in just a few days, which sparks her to action, trying to change the pattern of her life...
Amazon.com:
Angelina Jolie proves her box-office versatility in Life or Something Like It, a romantic comedy (Jolie's first) that succeeds on the strength of Jolie's appealing performance. As Seattle TV news reporter Lanie Kerrigan, Jolie craves celebrity (i.e., she's insecure and seeks approval), but her disapproving cameraman (Edward Burns) detects an admirable woman beneath Lanie's bleached-blond coif and pancake makeup. When a homeless street prophet (Tony Shalhoub) predicts that Lanie will soon be dead, she gradually juggles her priorities, connecting with Burns, appearing drunk on camera (a mistake that ultimately works in her favor), and finding new confidence in her professional and romantic potential. It's generic fluff, but director Stephen Herek (Rock Star, Mr. Holland's Opus) approaches the material with his reliably good-natured sincerity, and Jolie's bubbly charm mixes well with Burns's casual sensibility. And while Herek can't compare to George Cukor or Billy Wilder, he knows just how to handle the inevitable loopholes in the prophet's not-so-gloomy premonition. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Life Or Something Like It
This is one of my all time favorite movies - Jolie does an awesome job in it. I love it when she shows up at the gym and says to her friend, "You're here early." and she replies "I ate cheese." The whole movie has some great one liners. What would you do if you were told you would die next week? Live like there's no tomorrow?
Rating:  - "What would you do if you only had a week to live?"
Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie) is an ambitious Seattle newscaster who dreams of going national. One day she does an interview with a homeless man who claims to be a psychic; he predicts the score of a coming football game, calls for hail the next day, and then tells her she's going to be dead in a week. When the first two predictions come true, Lanie really starts to worry.
This is a perfectly nice little movie, but it's instantly forgettable. Picture a Meg Ryan romantic comedy ... Read More
Rating: - Fairly predictable, but still pulled off beautifully
Maybe I just don't remember my high school years well enough, but I don't think Angelina got a whole lot of attention and fame for this movie. Still, I love it.
The story is a fairly common one. Angelina, playing a beautiful news anchor, finds out she only has a week to live and therefore begins to see her life and relationships in a different light. We all know where it is going, of course, but that is half the fun.
The cast is extraordinary. Usually the romantic leads ... Read More
Rating: - "Prophets Don't Joke ~ Things You Never See Coming"
Synopsis: What's an attractive, motivated, upwardly mobile newscaster and supposed to do when confronted with the possibility of death? While doing an on-the-street interview with Prophet Jack (Tony Shalhoub), one of Seattle's local street derelicts and self-proclaimed prophet Lanie Kerrigan (Jolie) is told she's going to die within a week. When Prophet Jack's other predicts come true Lanie becomes a believer and finds herself re-evaluating her life and set things in order while there's still time. ... Read More
Rating: - IT'S ONLY MEM BUT:
JOLIES CHARACTER IS A INSECURE TV REPORTER WITH A DISAPPEARING CMERA MAN. A STREET PERSON TELLS HER SHE IS GOING TO DIE. SO SHE TRIES TO CHANGE HER LIFE. IT IS A GGREAT COMEDY. JM
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