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A Life Less Ordinary

R
Movie
1997
1h 43m
English
Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is kidnapped by janitor Robert. Although Celine quickly frees herself, she stays with Robert for thrills. O'Reilly and Jackson pursue, hoping to unite the prospective lovers.
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Ewan McGregor
Robert Lewis
Cameron Diaz
Celine Naville
Holly Hunter
O'Reilly
Dan Hedaya
Gabriel
Stanley Tucci
Elliot Zweikel
Ian Holm
Mr. Naville
Maury Chaykin
Tod Johnson
Anne Cullimore Decker
Violet Eldred Gesteten
Dane Stevens
Attendant
Robert Kellog
Karaoke Cowboy
Crystal Martinez
Bank Teller
Jan Hanks
Customer
Kitty Brunson
Bank Teller
Directed By: Danny Boyle
Written By: John Hodge (Screenplay)

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jarvis-8243417 says...
5 years ago
From director Danny Boyle comes the rather bizarre romantic comedy A Life Less Ordinary. The story follows the spoiled daughter of a rich businessman who is kidnapped by a recently fired janitor, and the two then team-up in order to extort a ransom from her father and begin to fall in love; but unknown to them events are being manipulated by two angels. Cameron Diaz gives a good performance and has a lot of charisma, but Ewan McGregor is terrible and the two have no chemistry. Additionally, the comedy is pretty weak, featuring stale jokes and cheap slapstick. A mess of a film that’s all over the place, A Life Less Ordinary just doesn’t work.
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Khawlah says...
5 years ago
L O V E D it. THIS Ewan is my absolute favorite.
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ArmPauFer says...
8 years ago
Love this funny movie. Diaz is great, too! Um dia destes passou na SIC e acho que soube melhor ver este filme agora do que na altura. Uma mistura de estilos que Danny Boyle tenta apresentar em modo mainstream em solo americano. Um tipo acabado de ser desempregado, abandonado pela sua gaja que fugiu com outro e ainda cheio de problemas... decide-se a raptar a filha do ex-patrão (Cameron Diaz - que faz de filha secreta de Marylin Monroe e John Kennedy), mil e uma coisa acontece neste rapto, que passa do antagonismo entre os dois para a cumplicidade, conspiração e chega ao amor... O mais engraçado é saber que tudo isto é obra de dois anjos no céu, que puxam os "cordelinhos" para os juntar e que não vendo os planos cumprirem-se, descem literalmente à Terra e ainda pioram mais as coisas... Bom entretenimento, momentos loucos, humor irónico e condescendente (como gosto), um grande elenco que se presta a tudo e muito mais. Comédia, romance e até karaoke. Foi bem fixe sem ser nada de mais.
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Heckler says...
10 years ago
A great little comedy drama... McGregor has a talent for comedy that he doesn't seem to use to it's full potential. The cast all round is excellent, the script is done rather well and the whole thing just seems to come together to make a charming and enjoyable little film. It's not one that I would watch over and over, but I watched it last night, last time I saw it must be around 15yrs ago... and I enjoyed it just as much as I did the first time... Much of the film I had forgotten, but no surprise there as I kinda have blank spots from 98-2003. :) 7/10 I almost gave it 8 just for the amusing credits... But I've seen better credits since this film came out and I'd have to go back and give them extra points too... and I'm not going to do that. :)
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