Life Or Something Like It Details

quirky romantic comedy

Not your typical girlie romantic comedy. There were some quite sad bits with family relationships not being totally rosey, and the knowledge that she was going to die in a weeks time constantly hanging over her head. Overall a very watchable tale with good chemistry from the leading cast members.

An ambitious TV anchorwoman, Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie) decides to change her destiny when a homeless man tells her she will die within a week.

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. there is enough originality in this film to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens. 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.

However, it is just a cautionary tale about the folly of superficiality that is itself endlessly superficial, and it appears as if even the filmmakers did not know what kind of movie they were making. 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. Besides, Jolie is very attractive still, with her pouting lips and huge bust . . . despite her awful yellow hairdo.