# Life or Something Like It (2002)

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**Runtime**: 103 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Stephen Herek
**Written by**: Dana Stevens, John Scott Shepherd
**Starring**: Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, Christian Kane, Melissa Errico, Lisa Thornhill

> *Destiny is what you make of it.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A reporter gets her future served on a tabloid platter by a homeless clairvoyant. Her quest to dodge the deadline becomes a deadline-driven shopping spree with a guy who’s already bought the ending. It’s less life lesson, more life layaway.

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