Life Or Something Like It Reviews

Life Or Something Like It Review
by Eugene Novikov (Rating: C+)
Making a "feather-light" comedy isn't an excuse for making a bad movie. You don't have to have ambition, but you do need a good cameraman and script. Life or Something Like It wants nothing more than to be a fluffy, insignificantly uplifting,...more

Life Or Something Like It Review
by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: D)
LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT (director: Stephen Herek; screenwriter: John Scott Shepherd/Dana Stevens/based on a story by Mr. Shepherd; cinematographer: Stephen H. Burum; editor: Trudy Ship; music: David Newman; cast: Angelina Jolie (Lanie Kerigan),...more

Life Or Something Like It Review
by Bob Bloom (Rating: 2/4)
LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT (2002) 2 stars out of 4. Starring Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, Stockard Channing, Christian Kane, James Gammon, Melissa Errico and Lisa Thornhill. Story by John Scott Shepherd. Screenplay by John Scott Shepherd...more

Life Or Something Like It Review
by Jon Popick (Rating: 6/10)
It isn't often a week goes by in which you don't hear some crazy tale about Angelina Jolie and her hillbilly husband, Billy Bob Thornton (the general level of wackiness always seems to increase whenever either of them has a film on deck). It's almost...more

Life Or Something Like It Review
by Sean O'Connell (Rating: 3.5/5)
Like a gift-wrapped tennis racquet, director Stephen Herek’s Life or Something Like It reveals most of its secrets with the packaging. The contrived tagline of “Destiny Is What You Make Of It” screams “Feel Good Movie,” and sure enough a brief tour of...more

Life Or Something Like It Review
by Robin Clifford (Rating: C+)
Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie), since she was a little girl, has dreamed of being a famous reporter for a major network news show. She is on the verge of just such an opportunity when a homeless street sear, Prophet Jack (Tony Shalhoub), tells her that...more

Life Or Something Like It Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 5/10)
Susan Granger's review of "LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT" (20th Century-Fox) The road to mediocrity is paved with good intentions - or, more succinctly, if you've seen the theatrical trailer, you've seen the funniest moments in the film. In her...more

Life Or Something Like It Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-)
Lanie Kerigan (Angelina Jolie) has everything going her way - her boss at KQMO has submitted her as a candidate for a network morning show and she's engaged to pro ball player Cal Cooper (Christian Kane, "The Broken Hearts Club"). The fly in her...more

Life Or Something Like It Review
by Edward Johnson-Ott
Life or Something Like It (2002) Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, Melissa Errico, James Gammon, Stockard Channing, Christian Kane. Music by David Herman. Screenplay by Scott Shepherd and Dana Stevens, Story by Shepherd. Directed by Stephen...more

Life Or Something Like It Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 5/10)
PLOT: A local news reporter with big, blonde hair is a finalist for a posh job at a TV network, but first, she must prove herself in the field alongside a cameraman whom she hates. During one of their reports together, a homeless prophet announces that...more

Life Or Something Like It Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2/4)
In Stephen Herek's LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT, Lanie Kerigan (Angelina Jolie) is a local Seattle television reporter whose career consists of a long series of fluff pieces. With the blondest hair a bottle can produce and with big lips and breasts, she...more