By Jonathan Klotz
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Streaming has transformed countless theatrical bombs into success, but it is difficult to explain how the latest successful film on Netflix made its debut at the top of the graph as number one. Morbius And Madame Web had value like films that were “so bad that they are good”, but until this week, it’s probably even Angelina Jolie forgot that she played in life or something like that. The drama of 2002 romantic comedy was hated by criticism, ignored by the public and managed to lose millions of dollars in theaters on the way to be forgotten, but when he started broadcasting on Netflix, he did it as the best film in the whole service.
Angelina Jolie will die in seven days
You would be forgiven to think that Angelina Jolie did Life or something like that Before she brought Lara Croft to the big screen in tomb RaiderBut the Rom-Com has entered between the original and Cradleand only three years before Mr. and Mrs Smith has cemented its status as a major action star. The discreet rom-comte to Jolie with Lanie Kerrigan, a local journalist from Seattle filled with the type of boredom and empty of her life who marked so many films in the early 2000s, when she was told by a street prophet (Tony Shalhoub), she died in seven days. The Prophet is strangely correct throughout the film, predicting an earthquake at 9:06 am in San Francisco, and that a “angel will fall from the sky”, who turns out to be a member of the Anaheim angels (now the).
The prediction is enough for Lanie to try to change her life, although her boyfriend hot hot base (Angel Christian Kane) is useless, Pete (Edward Burns), the cameraman, is there to fully share his philosophy of life. Lanie finds herself in love with the bizarre charm of Pete and the zest for life while continuing his dream of becoming a new presenter at the national level than ever. This is the plot, and while Angelina Jolie tries to do Life or something like that In a pure will, the film, like Lanie, was condemned before the opening.
The worst combination from pineapple and pizza: costly and boring
If you decide to watch the movie on NetflixKeep in mind that this film had a budget of $ 40 million, and it was before the essential marketing campaign. With inflation, it would be nearly $ 70 million today, and although Angelina Jolie was expensive to get for the film, Life or something like that costs $ 20 million more than the magnificent Handicap remake and $ 30 million beyond Den of thieves 2: PanteraA film that managed to make a profit, loved by fans and criticism, and was enough to get a third film. There was no way that the pretty film was going to make a profit, even if he beat The ring And the conspiracy “seven days to you die” with a punch of a few months.
Angelina Jolie is perhaps a star on list A with a series of blockbusters in her name, but like any artist, she has an equal number of flops in her filmography, and Life or something like that Maybe the most forgettable. This does not mean that the film is bad; Pretty made her best to raise him, but it’s completely forgettable, and today it would be a series of six episodes on a streaming service. It is a testimony of its star power which has not yet decreased after more than 30 years under the spotlight that Netflix users transform one of its worst films into a success.
Life or something like that is streaming on Netflix.
