Angelina Jolie

Laney has everything a modern girl could want: Cal (Christian Kane), her hunky baseball-player fiancée, a gorgeous high-tech apartment, a classic Mercedes convertible, and a shot at her dream job as a network journalist. But as the psycho psychic's fateful forecast looks like it might not be so crazy after all, Laney's sterling status symbols soon lose their luster and leave her questioning the values that motivated her insatiable thirst for professional success in the first place. With her potential biological time bomb ticking, she realizes how superficial material possessions are compared to the love of her family and simple joys like goofing off with her old flame Pete (Edward Burns), who adored her all along.

Will Laney escape the reaper's scythe, succeed in her dream job and interview her lifelong hero Deborah Comer (Stockard Channing, who impresses as a Barbara Walters-like juggernaut journalist) in New York City? And what of her rekindled relationship with Pete, who chooses to stay in Seattle so he can be close to his son? Chances at true happiness don't ring twice like the postman. Is it worth it for Laney to throw away her first, best and maybe last chance at personal completion to chase a brass ring on the 25th floor in a cold-blooded corporate boardroom? What about Cal? Where can an all-star ballplayer hope to find another bombshell girlfriend in a small town like Seattle?

The answer, of course, is who really cares? With its fiesta of family values, pop-psychology dialogue like "The only person you have to impress is yourself," and a tear-jerking ending that couldn't be more Hollywood if it took place on Sunset Boulevard, Life or Something Like It is almost as exciting as a cup of herbal tea. But if you're absolutely desperate for a date movie, most guys (and a few girls) can impress and show off their sensitive side, while secretly savoring Angelina's high heels and double-d personality.