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Life or Something Like It

2002 · 103 min

A light, earnest romantic comedy-drama about waking up to life, with a few tense moments but an overall warm and hopeful vibe.

Directed by
Stephen Herek
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagline
Destiny is what you make of it.
Overview
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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Directed by
Stephen Herek
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • death
  • ambition
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Stephen Herek
Written by
Dana Stevens, John Scott Shepherd
Starring
Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, Christian Kane, Melissa Errico, Lisa Thornhill, Stockard Channing, Gregory Itzin
Music
David Newman
Cinematography
Stephen H. Burum
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America, Switzerland
Languages
English

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