Trite look at Hollywood's golden days
Gabrielle Reynolds is a prop buyer for Walt Disney Imagineering in
Glendale and is married to fellow critic Patrick Reynolds.
Somehow erroneously billed as a comedy, this film was full of trite
likenesses to the golden days of Hollywood. Angelina Jolie's character
watched Marilyn Monroe movies, dreaming of stardom.
Sure enough, she turns into an incredibly shallow blond bombshell
herself, aggressively pursuing her perfect life ... until the words of a
street prophet make her reevaluate. Wait a minute -- wasn't this Nicolas
Cage in "The Family Man"?
Even when hung over or lying in a hospital bed, her false lashes are
in place, her mascara never smeared -- and those famous balloon-like lips
never lose their perfect sheen.
Too bad the film couldn't have perfected its own image as well.
Hard to say what kind of movie it is
Patrick Reynolds, an actor, lives in Glendale with his wife and fellow
critic, Gabrielle Reynolds.
I don't think I liked this movie. It was something like a movie, but
what kind?
The listing called it a comedy, but it wasn't funny. There were a
couple of humorous moments, but not enough to make it a comedy.
I think it was trying to be a romantic film, but there was no
chemistry between the stars. And then there is the message about how
you're not supposed to be shallow and materialistic ... why? It never
made a real commitment to that statement either.
The only premise that this film stayed loyal to was the predictability
of the premise.
"Life or Something Like It" is rated PG-13.
