Life or Something Like It
Destiny is what you make of it.
Destiny is what you make of it.
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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2002
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A reporter Lanie Kerrigan interviews a psychic homeless man 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...
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Details
Runtime:
103 min
Release date:
24 Apr 2002
Country:
US, CH
Languages:
English
Budget:
$40,000,000
Revenue:
$16,872,671
Awards:
1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Life, though funny and sometimes charming, doesn't give Lanie a believable context in which to stop and smell the roses.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jul 2002
rotten:
Comes on like a romantic comedy with metaphysical pretensions, but somehow these opposing aspects manage to cancel each other out, leaving us with laugh-lite comedy and, well, metaphysical pretensions.
– John Patterson,
L.A. Weekly,
1 Jun 2002
rotten:
Formulaic, delusional and about as accurate a depiction of life in television news (or something like it) as a Pillsbury bake-off.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
2 May 2002
rotten:
Cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation (career - kids = misery) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds.
– Mark Holcomb,
Village Voice,
30 Apr 2002
fresh:
[A] fun romp...
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
29 Apr 2002