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Writers (WGA):
John Scott Shepherd (story)
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Release Date:
26 April 2002 (USA) more
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What if you only had 7 days to live? more
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Confused But Watchable more (127 total)

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Rated PG-13 for sexual content, brief violence and language.
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103 min | Argentina:105 min
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Mark Feuerstein had been in talks to play Cal Cooper, but Christian Kane ended up playing him. more
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Factual errors: When the plane is landing in NY, the voice overhead is heard saying "Laguardia International Airport". LGA is not an international airport - it's too small to handle big planes like that. Perhaps they meant to use JFK or Newark since those are the only two international airports neighboring NYC. more
Quotes:
Lanie: What would you do if you only had a week to live?
Pete: I would go to all the people I care about, and I would try memorize their faces.
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Referenced in Film Geek (2005) more
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Confused But Watchable, 30 October 2005
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Author: Theo Robertson from Isle Of Bute, Scotland

LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT has a premise of reporter Lanie Kerrigan being told by a homeless man that she's going to die in a few days from now and right away I was expecting some bitter-sweet angst , a sort of present day morality tale inspired by Frank Capra and I guess very early in production this was the idea but I was left confused . Is it a redemption tale ? If so then why does Lanie start out as a not unlikable person and remain a not unlikable person throughout the movie ? You see there's little in the way of character development and the situations and soul searching never seem to draw the audience into Lanie's fears . None of this is helped Stephen Herek's shallow direction either

In short this is a shallow film but while being confused as to what it's trying to say it's also fairly watchable too . Angelina Jolie is breath takingly beautiful and in many ways she's like a female Leonardo Dicaprio in that her good looks disguise she's a much better actress than critics give her credit for and imagine how worse the movie would be if her role was taken by say Sandra Bulloch while Dave Newman's haunting score also helps the movie greatly

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