Sorry, this movie sucks

Powerful

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

A reporter, Lanie Kerrigan, interviews a psychic homeless man (Shalhoub) 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.The moral of this story has been told ever single time from "It's a Wonderful Life", to "Last Holiday", even to "Click". Each of these movies have always won me over because I love moral stories and I certainly love this movie!Sure, you've seen this so many times before. Sure, it's filled with clichéd, Sure, it's predictable what's going to happen before it happens. But it's a feel good movie. It puts a smile on your face when it ends. Don't go on the movie too hard.I loved the performance by Angelina Jolie. The supporting characters give us some laughs along the way, although the film isn't too funny but more like a drama. I like the score for the film. I liked the film a lot but not as much as I thought it would be. Still, it was a pretty good film if you like moral movies. "Live everyday like it will be your last."

I like that movie: for the story, not so original but always working, for the hair of Angelina Jolie (she should stay that way), for the photography, and the way it is framed. However, in line with some comments, it's the type ofmovie where American producers and directors are not at ease, or notskilled to make (sorry for them). It would have been at the top, made by a Claude Lellouch, Bertrand Tavernier, Patrice Leconte, or even Begnino Begnini (as a real comedy) Angelina is credible as an egocentric ambitious but hollow young lady. Her boyfriend, Cal, is up to the task. Pete could have been more convincing, but I give a high grade to the "prophet". I retain the quotation "live every day as if it is your last day, because one day it will be" - Who said that? It remains a pleasant, but at times, dull movie.

Romantic comedy starring Angelina Jolie. A Seattle TV reporter, Lanie Kerrigan(Jolie), should be happy with her life. The platinum blonde charmer has looks to die for and is married to the most popular of the Seattle Mariners baseball team, Cal Cooper(Christian Kane). In preparation for an interview for a morning show job in New York City, she is teamed with a past emotional interest, cameraman Pete(Edward Burns). Lanie does an on the street interview with a homeless man, Prophet Jack(Tony Shaloub), who predicts she is going to die within a week. When his other forecasts turn out true; Lanie must decide if her life has had any meaning at all. Supporting cast includes; Melissa Errico, James Gammon and Stockard Channing.It takes a while to get use to Jolie as a blonde...its really not that damn hard to do. My favorite scene is where she is having batting practice and breaking up with her husband. Something about that batting helmet and flowing platinum blonde locks. And how many times does she have to ask "are you trying to have sex with me"? Hello, cold sweat.

'Life or something like it' is about Lanie Kerrigan (played by Angelina Jolie), a news reporter who only cares about her career, her hair and fame. That's why she and her shallow boyfriend, an all-American football star, match perfectly together. But one day she has to interview a homeless guy who has a gift which makes him able to do predictions. Most of the time he only does predictions about the weather, football,.. but during the short interview they have, he tells her that she has only one more week to live. First she doesn't pay much attention on what he said but when she sees that his other predictions has come true, she realises that the guy could be right about her too.This is the moment in the movie that Lanie starts to ask herself some real big 'life-questions'. Is she really happy with her life and the way she is leading it? Is a great career really the thing that makes her deeply satisfied? Is the guy she felt in love with really the guy she wants to spend the rest of her life with and the one who makes her feel complete? Lanie realises that until then, pretending to be happy was more important to her than really being happy. She finds out that her boyfriend may be a great football player, but that he isn't the one she can have long conversations with about the things she deals with, that he's actually a very stupid and shallow guy although she thinks he's very famous and attractive.That's when she starts to change some things in her life. She also gets jealous on Pete (played by Edward Burns), the guy who she hated the most. It's because he leads a carefree life and he's never worried about anything. He is very happy the way his life is. He doesn't care about flamboyant things like fame and money. She realises that he's happy, no matter what other people think; and that's what she is jealous about.Great movie with excellent performances by Jolie and Burns. Not some typical shallow romantic movie with no meaning. This is truly a movie with a great content although it isn't always that realistic. It is a typical feel-good movie and it makes you think about what is important in life. I really enjoyed this and I don't understand why Jolie was nominated for a razzie-award for her performance.I'll give it 8/10