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The characters that Angelina Jolie (Tomb Raider, Girl Interrupted) typically chooses to portray are usually so quirky and offbeat one would never want to relate to them, but in Life or Something Like It, Lanie Kerigan (Jolie) is not only someone you can relate to, but remains quirky enough to make her interesting. Even though you know it will end with your typical Hollywood outcome, this romantic comedy is a winner. I especially enjoyed the simile of her trademark platinum blonde hair with that of Marilyn Monroe. The illusion of perfection masking a little girl lost. This gave the Lanie character the deepness she needed to be convincing when her perfect little world’s façade is unmasked. The film flashes through Lanie’s youth until we have a beautiful, successful, obsessed news anchor for Seattle’s KOMO TV station. She has the perfect career, a Seattle Mariner finance Cal Cooper (Christain Kane of Summer Catch), a great apartment, good friends and she is up for a network promotion. While interviewing Prophet Jack (Tony Shalhoub of Thirteen Ghosts), a homeless guy that can predict sports scores, weather and life, Lanie is told something that will turn her perfect world inside out. She asks Jack will she get the promotion and he curtly responds with “no” then he predicts the Seahawks win and it will hail and, oh yeah, next Thursday she will die. Obviously upset, she thinks her pain-in-the-ass cameraman Pete (Edward Burns, 15 Minutes) put Jack up to it. There is obviously a history between Lanie and Pete, which we learn about later, but Jack just calls them like he sees them. Well the Seahawks win and it hails, so you know Lanie is freaking out so she goes to Jack and puts him to the test. He tells her San Francisco will have a slightly significant earthquake tomorrow at 9:06 AM, which also happens. This Stephen Herek film then follows Lanie on an odyssey with destiny while she defines who the real Lanie is and comes to terms with her past, like her perfect sister Gwen (Lisa Thornhill of The Family Man) and her father (James Gammon). This film is funny and entertaining. There is no Jolie nudity, but we already know her boobs are fake so it doesn’t matter. Now a little Kane or Burns booty would have been very nice. Also appearing in this movie was Melissa Errico (Frequency), Stockard Channing (Where the Heart Is) and Max Baker (The Time Machine). Even without gratuitous booty shots, Life or Something Like It gets nine couches. Bu Bye
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