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 |