Life or Something Like It (2002)

Director:

Stephen Herek

Writers (WGA):

John Scott Shepherd (story)
John Scott Shepherd (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

26 April 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

What if you only had 7 days to live?

Plot:

A reporter interviews a homeless man, who tells her that she's going to die and her life is meaningless.

Plot Keywords:

Life | Homeless Man | Interview | Reporter | Football

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Angelina Jolie	...	Lanie Kerrigan
Edward Burns	...	Pete (as Ed Burns)
Tony Shalhoub	...	Prophet Jack
Christian Kane	...	Cal Cooper
James Gammon	...	Pat Kerrigan
Melissa Errico	...	Andrea
Stockard Channing	...	Deborah Connors
Lisa Thornhill	...	Gwen
Gregory Itzin	...	Dennis (as Greg Itzin)
Max Baker	...	Vin
Andromeda Dunker	...	Mo
Jesse James Rutherford	...	Tommy
Veena Sood	...	Doctor
Eric Snellman	...	George
Theron Zahn	...	Steve

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, brief violence and language.

Runtime:

103 min | Argentina:105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:LH | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-7 | USA:PG-13 (No. 38850) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:Livre | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Denmark:7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A

Filming Locations:

Kerry Park - 211 W Highland Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA

Company:

Regency Enterprises

Trivia:

The filmmakers used the KOMO-TV studios in Seattle as sets - altering the logo to "KQMO-TV" - and many KOMO personalities make cameo appearances, among them Dan Lewis, Margo Myers, and Steve Pool.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Lanie has a talk with her sister Gwen, the plate of Oreos that Gwen sets down on the coffee table between them jumps around between shots.

Quotes:

Deborah Conners: You... go.
Lanie: You mean like "you go girl"?
Deborah Conners: No. Just go.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Soft Morning News Theme

I tried not to like it….

Life, or Something Like It. Dumb title if you ask me. Angelina Jolie as a blond? I don't think so. Ed Burns as the love interest? Sounds like a chick-flick or ‘something like it.' All this needed was Greg Kinnear and I think we'd have something like ‘Someone Like You', right? Well not exactly. Although this movie was obviously aimed at the female crowd and used just about every chick-flick cliché under the sun, there was more here than I expected. I found this movie very predictable for the most part but the characters are so engaging (especially Jolie's) that you find yourself getting wrapped up in them and the story that surrounds them. The thing that stood out for me where a couple of scenes that had the audience so quite you could have heard a pin drop. One was when Angelina Jolie's character asks her fiancé what it is between them that dictates they should be together. Utter silence. The theater, in anticipation of what lame answer is about to spew forth from her jock boyfriend, was silent. The other was when Angelina's character is interviewing Stockard Channing's. Again total silence from the crowd. Those two moments in the movie made it worth while for me. The rest is just as you would expect. I didn't find any above caliber performances here, just the really good ones you'd expect from this cast. You wont see this one on Oscar night but I thought it was worth the ticket price and it didn't feel like a waste of time. That's my take. What's yours?