Life or Something Like It

The result is a worthy woman's film and Jolie's best showcase to date.

Amiably glossy if naggingly old-fashioned.

Jolie hogs the spotlight as usual, leaving romantic interest Ed Burns struggling to register and only Shaloub -- fetid, dirty, soulful -- with his dignity intact.

Partly a schmaltzy, by-the-numbers romantic comedy, partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless.

This is an ungainly movie, ill-fitting, with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be. To quote another ancient proverb, "A camel is a horse designed by a committee." Life or Something Like It is the movie designed by the camel.

In the hands of Preston Sturges, this could have been the basis for some snappy mordant comedy, but Stephen Herek (Mr. Holland's Opus) sees only fields of corn, winding up with one of those pseudodeep stories (e.g. American Beauty) that Hollywood takes for spiritual.

Every now and then, though, a movie comes up with a scene of surpassing stupidity, and then builds from that defining moment to a climax of perfect ineptitude. Life or Something Like It is such an achievement.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

The Starling is trying to be a feel-good movie about finding hope in dark times. That’s admirable, but the main problem is that it does it in such a down-the-middle, straightforward way. As a result, there aren’t any surprises and at least a few missed opportunities. Still, Melissa McCarthy and Kevin Kline are worth the price of admission alone.

في يدي بريستون ستورجيس، كان من الممكن أن يكون هذا الفيلم أساسًا لبعض الكوميديا ​​اللاذعة اللاذعة، لكن ستيفن هيريك (عمل السيد هولاند) لا يرى سوى حقول الذرة، وينتهي الأمر بإحدى تلك القصص الزائفة العميقة (مثل فيلم الجمال الأمريكي) التي يعتبرها هوليوود روحانية.

"Life or Something Like It" was an unexciting movie, but with very good benefits that had, a rare appearance, but good performance by Angelina Jolie, and with very good reflection.

Life or Something Like It is one of the most insultingly lazy movies I have ever had the displeasure of watching. The ending is the biggest copout I've seen in a long time.