A Life Less Ordinary

IEWWW! What a glib, shmaltzy, contrived movie. I love cinema where stuff departs from reality in unexpected ways but it was like some unimaginative prepubescent girl wrote this.... Full review

This is probably one of the most original romances I've seen in a while. I love the concept that two angels are tring to bring two people together. Holly Hunter gives a histerical performance.... Full review

This was a great movie very different and didn't get sweet sappy about love. It was actually making a good long hard point that it takes a lot sometimes to wake people up to what really matters in life.... Full review

A Life Less ordinary Was Great The Director Danny Boyle Is A Very Good Director I Have Loved All His Movies This One Has a Wonderful Story The Acting Was Great Top Notch Ewan Mcgregor Did A Great Job Cameron Diaz... Full review

I just love watching movies where I do not expect excellence - and yet there it is. I was very happy with a Life Less Ordinary. It seemed to me to be unique, charming, fun and just a great way... Full review

Finally, a romantic comedy that is original, intelligent and truly funny. Not to say unpredictable! Usually I dislike this genre, but i can't help loving this movie.The cast is great, and the chemistry between Cameron Diaz and Ewan McGregor is... Full review

The movie started out quite interesting as the story kinda grab with some extraordinary plots and laughs which I thought that it certainly isn't less ordinary to me. Well, half way through, with the hussling for ramson and the angels planning... Full review

A very different black romantic comedy with sufficient amusing moments to ensure that I have replayed it a number of times, something I very rarely do. A great performance from the two angels (working under a new heavenly incentive scheme), especially... Full review

I remember seeing A Life Less Ordinary back in the late 1990s with high expectations as Trainspotting was one, and still is, one of my all time favorite films. What I got was a different film, but not in a... Full review

AT TIMES VERY FUNNY, AT TIMES TOO OFF THE WALL TO BE ENJOYABLE - A REAL MIXED BAG. IT IS WORTH CHECKING OUT HOWEVER. CAMERON DAZ HAS SELDOM LOOKED SEXIER.... Full review

A Life Less Ordinary" is one of the great movies you've probably never seen.....Diaz's Celine is abrasive at first but has a softer side.....I love Ewan McGregor and pretty much every movie he's in.....Using strong performances, humor and some general cheesiness, this Danny Boyle directed comedy delivers..... ... Full Review

Andrew L. Urban "Only through the masterful genius of director Danny Boyle, what could have ended up as your conventional, kooky romantic comedy, is an original, black, hilarious and deliciously sardonic work. Glorious to the eye and ear, A Life Less Ordinary makes the assumption that we are all destined to find some kind of partner, but certain lost souls need a bigger nudge than others. ... Full Review

A Life Less Ordinary is anything but ordinary. There are some freaky scenes (good scenes nevertheless), but you won't understand why they are in there unless you have been watching it from the start. ... Full Review

A Life Less Ordinary" is so intent on being a film out of the ordinary that it doesn't notice how unsatisfying it's become. After all, this film has charismatic stars and a non-cookie-cutter script whose fondness for the unexpected means it didn't go anywhere near development hell. ... Full Review

However, things really bog down in the film's final 45 minutes, when the action becomes far too violent and serious. The aforementioned angels are O'Reilly (Holly Hunter) and Jackson (Delroy Lindo), who are given the difficult assignment of bringing together failed-author-turned-unemployed-janitor Robert (Ewan McGregor) and spoiled rich girl Celine (Cameron Diaz). ... Full Review

It would be intimidating under any circumstances to attempt a biography of Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez. After all, this is a Nobel Prize winner credited with writing the world's first truly global novel. ... Full Article

A Life Less Ordinary" is one of the great movies you've probably never seen. I must admit, I purchased this movie for two trivial reasons: 1. ... Full Article

Danny Boyle's best picture winner was No. 3 last weekend at the box office, so it's clearly benefiting from post-Oscar boost. It was the film's best showing in its almost four months in release, pushing its domestic take to $115... ... Full Article

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"Deadweight" A lilting Dust Brothers collaboration found on the soundtrack to A Life Less Ordinary . Beck had originally intended to record a follow-up record with the Dust Brothers, but they didn't reconvene until 2005's Guero . ... Full Article

Q: When you watched the film, did it make your past seem more real or more removed?A: I went into [the film] with some distance. ... Full Article