Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
On Quartile, Life or Something Like It scores 6/10 across five categories — strongest on Plot (Above Average), weakest on Cinematography (Below Average).
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...
Life or Something Like It is a fairly formulaic romantic comedy-drama that follows predictable beats: a driven career woman receives a wake-up call about her shallow priorities and learns to embrace what truly matters. Angelina Jolie delivers a committed performance that elevates the material beyond what the script deserves, bringing charm and energy to a role that could have felt generic. The cinematography is serviceable but unremarkable, with little visual ambition. The premise of a prophetic homeless man sparking an existential crisis has modest novelty but is executed in a by-the-numbers fashion, hitting all the expected rom-com story beats. The ending wraps up too neatly and conveniently, failing to capitalize on the more interesting existential questions the film briefly raises.