Life or Something Like It | | Cast : | Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns | | Director : | Stephen Herek | | Studio : | Fox Home Entertainme | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | April 26, 2002 | | DVD Released Date : | January 11, 2005 | | Language : | French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | April 22, 2005 | | Summary | Would you turn gay for Angelina? | Content
 | I sure would, and thanks to being told that I'm not the only one, I decided to use this as my subject line. I find her one of the most attractive women out there, although I definitely prefer guys!
I found a lot of the time during this movie that I was distracted, and not focusing my full attention on it, yet I still understood what was going on. So this shows you can switch your brain off during this, and it doesn't really make any difference - just remember to switch it back on again. It just failed miserably in holding my attention I don't know whether other reviewers found this.
Angelina Jolie does NOT look good as a blonde. Especially with a blonde wig. Now I don't know if it was wigs she wore in Gone In 60 Seconds & Girl Interrupted, but at least her hair moved in those, it rarely does in this. It just doesn't move at all! Her colouring is just too dark to pull off being blonde, and she so suits being her natural colour.
The story could have been a whole lot more interesting if it had tapped into the religious and philosophical side of finding out you only had one week left to live. The finale could have used some of this, but instead seems rushed, and is never really properly concluded in such a way that would leave you feeling sad/happy.
Yet another film that has left me sitting on the fence along with Ella Enchanted. And what's with the cover? How insanely dull. And doesn't tell you anything about the movie. Except that Angelina Jolie plays somebody blonde.
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| Rating | | | Date | April 17, 2005 | | Summary | My fave movie! | Content
| I remember seeing the trailer for this movie a few years ago (I think I was like 10 or 11?)and I asked my dad if I could see it, and he said no way. I wanted to see it because Angelina Jolie was and still is)my favorite actress. He still said no, and during my Thanksgiving break this school year, I was browsing through the movies and had no idea what I was going to rent, because my dad wouldn't let me see Taking Lives,m and I saw the DVD box for this movie, and I was like, "OMG! I remember this!" and so I rented it, and it is actually now my favorite movie! No matter what anyone says about it, I still like it! But enough about that. Now for the review:
Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie) is a(blonde!-lol, well, I actually like the hair) Seattle news reporter who believes she has the "perfect" life. She has the perfect guy (she's engaged to a famous baseball player), perfect body, and perfect hair, so she thinks she has the perfect life. But then her boss calls her into his office and tells her: 1: He's putting her up for a huge network job (kind of like Diane Sawyer on GMA), and 2: In order to get this job, she has to work with Pete, who is network material and can make her look good on T.V. But Lanie has a problem with this. Why? She can;t stand Pete! They recently had a one-night stand that didn't turn out well. Their first assignment is to go do a story on a local comedy club. Lanie and Pete bicker nonstop, and when it's time to film, Pete takes the mic and fiddles with it, then hands it to Lanie. When she starts talking, her voice comes out all squeaky ,and of course Pete and Vin (the other cameraguy) think it is funny, and Lanie does not. She complains to her boss, who basically does nothing. This scene is where one of my favorite lines are said :"Do you have another cameraguy on this staff who can make her look like a natural blonde?" "I am not just a reporter,I am a T.V. personality. My hair is my trademark, just like the I-don't-like-to-shower look is your trademark. Their next assignment is to interview Prophet Jack, a homeless guy who claims to have psychic visions. Lanie asks him if she will get the big network job, and he says no. Then on camera, she asks him about the football score for that night's game. He says that the home team will win, 19-13. Then she asks him if he has any other predictions, and he says that te next morning it will hail. Then whaen she says that she doubts it and if he would like to take it back, he says no. But his predictions don't end there. He also says that she willl die next Thursday, which shocks her, not so bad until hie other two predictions come true. Then she really starts to freak and asks Jack to take it back. He says he can't because he saw what he saw and it's not his fault. Then he predicts something else fer her: there will be a relatively significiant earthquake in San Fransico at 9:06 the next morning. She turns on the T.V. at 9:06 and waits a few minutes. Then after no news announcements come on, she starts to go crazy, thinking that she won't die. In the middle of her celebration dance, the news comes on and Jack's prediction was right. She calls up her fiancee and he is no help at all. Finally, she is forced to turn to Pete for help. After some banter(which is funny), he tells her to "change the path". Flash foward a few days, and her fiancee comes home from NYC(he was shooting a commericial), and there are fast food wrappers lying around,old yearbooks lying around, and there are records blasting. Lanie is sitting on the couch, in her glasses, which her guy (Cal) seems to have a problem with. To make a long story short, they break up that night. She shows up fo rwork the next morning intoxicated, and ends up singing "I Can't Get No Satifiation". She wakes up iin Pete's bed, and asks if they did it. He says no, that she passed out in his car. She ends up apending the day (and night-if you know what I mean) with Pete. They show up the next morning at work with their arms around each other, then kiss a few times,. A couple of minutes later, she finds out that she did get the job and then goes to tell Pete. They also break up(I've never actually watched this entire scene-every time I try to, I cry). She heads to New York and he goes to tell Jack that Lanie wasn't going to die because his prediction about her not getting the job was wrong. Then Jack says, "Was I?" "What's that supposed to mean?" "Well, if she dies tomorrow, then she dies tomorrow, then she doesn't get the job, and I was right." Pete rushes off to New York to save Lanie. Does she die or can Pete save her? To find out, you'll have to buy the movie. I would highly reccomend this movie to anyone who likes romantic comedies or Angelina Jolie! |
| Rating | | | Date | March 27, 2005 | | Summary | Jolie proves more talented than I thought | Content
| So I don't like Ed Burns (and this movie does very little to change my mind), and I have only recently begun to have a certain taste for Angelina Jolie. But I am a sucker for anything with Tony Shalhoub in it, even in a small but pivotal role he plays here. Shalhoub's versatility elevates almost any project with which he is associated from mediocrity to something a bit better. I found that to be the case here as well. What is an interesting concept is given a mediocre treatment. Lanie Kerrigan (a bleach blonde Jolie) is an up and coming Seattle tv reporter, perfectly primed for a plum network job (this is her ambition/dream). Teamed with cameraman Pete (Ed Burns), Lanie delivers standard reporting. One day she interviews a homeless "prophet" on the street (the excellent Shalhoub), who predicts various things that later come true. One of his predictions is that Lanie will die on a certain day in two weeks. Lanie comes to take his predictions seriously when all of the other predictions come true. Pete tries to calm Lanie down; Lanie has singlemindedly pursued her professional dreams at a high cost: she has completely lost touch with herself/who she is really. You get a hint of the "Lanie inside" in a scene in which she is unkempt, wearing her glasses, in front of her baseball player boyfriend, and he has no clue who she really is... and it seems she too has fallen out of touch with who she really is. In these self-conscious and introspective moments, when Lanie questions her identity (faced with the likelihood of her mortality), the movie hits a kind of peak. Unfortunately there is very little chemistry between Jolie and Burns, so their romantic spark lacks authenticity. However, though the "get up" (perfect make-up and ridiculous hairdo) is glossy and rather fake, Jolie imbues her role with a certain gravity that lends her character (and her going through the stages of denial and acceptance of her fate) believability. Unfortunately the film as a whole never quite hits its mark, and as a romantic comedy fails because it is not very funny and not very romantic. Jolie, though, does prove that she has much more versatility than I had previously given her credit for. |
| Rating | | | Date | December 21, 2004 | | Summary | for angelina jolie fans | Content
| The plot: Sappy movie where Angelina Jolie learns she has two weeks to live and goes through a midlife crisis because of it. A plus is you get to see her as a blonde.
Who should buy this: Angelina Jolie fans like me who don't care if the movie is bad just whether she gets nekkid in it or . . . um i mean yeah who am I kidding. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 25, 2004 | | Summary | Great promise, which isn't fulfilled | Content
| Stephen Herek wanted to create a romantic comedy with a twist - ask a serious question: what would you do if you knew you only had a week to live? Unfortunately, the answers the movie gives are so obvious and predictable the 'twist' actually hurts the movie.
Angelina Jolie is great, and so is the supporting cast. Edward Burns does an OK job as the 'I don't like to shower' looking camera man Pete.
The only special feature on this DVD is a director's comentary. Unfortunately, it was put in the 'Sound Options' menu, where it can be easily missed by peope. |
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