Plot
Ewan McGregor stars as a cleaning man in L.A. who takes his boss' daughter hostage after being fired and replaced by a robot...
Release Year: 1997
Rating: 6.3/10 (21,390 voted)
Critic's Score: 35/100
Director:
Danny Boyle
Stars: Cameron Diaz, Ewan McGregor, Holly Hunter
Storyline Ewan McGregor stars as a cleaning man in L.A. who takes his boss' daughter hostage after being fired and replaced by a robot. Two "angels" who are in charge of human relationships on earth, offer some unsolicited help to bring this unlikely couple together.
Cast: Ewan McGregor
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Robert Lewis
Cameron Diaz
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Celine Naville
Holly Hunter
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O'Reilly
Delroy Lindo
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Jackson
Dan Hedaya
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Gabriel
Ian McNeice
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Mayhew
Frank Kanig
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Ted
Mel Winkler
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Francis 'Frank' Naville
Stanley Tucci
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Elliot Zweikel
Anne Cullimore Decker
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Violet Eldred Gesteten
K.K. Dodds
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Lily
Tony Shalhoub
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Al
Christopher Gorham
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Walt
Ian Holm
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Naville
Maury Chaykin
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Tod Johnson
Taglines:
A twisted love story from the filmmakers of "Trainspotting".
Release Date: 24 October 1997
Filming Locations: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $12,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $2,007,279
(USA)
(26 October 1997)
(1207 Screens)
Gross: $4,700,000
(Worldwide)
(9 November 1997)
(except USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The overhead shot when Robert is pulling the bag of money along the road with rope is computer generated.
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
O'Reilly pays $40 to the hiker with seven banknotes, including three $20 notes, a $10, and a $5.
Quotes: Naville:
Celine, why don't you give me the gun? Celine:
Because as he dreamt, I shall save his life with an arrow, an arrow of my love for him.
[she shoots Robert in the heart]
User Review
A difference of opinion.
Rating: 10/10
It seems that with A Life Less Ordinary you either love it or you hate it.
Personally I am of the former persuasion, with it being a favourite of
mine.
I can see were the detractors come from, especially after viewing Boyle &
Hodge's previous works. ALLO is in a completely different in style to
their
previous two films Shallow Grave and Trainspotting. But to say it is the
weaker of the three films would be a fallacy. Stylistically the film is
excellent - reminding me a lot of a Coen brothers film. The script is
spot
on and the performances of McGregor and Diaz are both excellent (which
surprised me for Diaz) as their does seem to be a real chemistry between
the
two. A very enjoyable romantic comedy overall, and if an old cynic like
me
can say that, it must be good.
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