Life of something Like It (2002)

Genre: Romance/Comedy/Drama

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, Christian Kane

A famous TV reporter Lanie Kerrigan (Jolie) is living the life that she always dreamed of having. She is dating a famous baseball player, earning well, is on the brink of moving on to a bigger and better network and is just very happy. Lanie fails to get along well with ace cameraman Pete Scanlon (Burns) and to her dismay, is asked to interview a self-proclaimed prophet, Jack (Shalhoub) with Pete behind the lens. Jack predicts the outcome of the football match that night, with the exact score, hail the next day, Lanie's failure in getting her new job and her death in seven days. When the first two predictions come true, and a host of others later on, Lanie realises that her life is jeopardy and she needs to make amends. With only a week left, she tries to reconcile with people she couldn't get along and make amends for her sins. A very typical rom-com movie with an extremely predictable outcome is what you would understand after watching this movie. Neither Jolie nor Burns tried too hard in making any efforts at acting and it shows in the dismal failure of the movie. Although the movie tries to play on a good idea, it fails in executing that thought and ends up bringing something mediocre. Rom-com fans might just be able to get by the movie but from a neutral stand-point, it's a washout.

Thumbs up: Nothing in particular

Thumbs down: Bad acting and even worse plot execution

Rating: 5.1/10