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Streaming has turned countless theatrical bombs into hits, but it is difficult to explain how the latest popular film on Netflix was at the top of the chart as number one. Morbius and Madame’s web Had value as “so bad they are good,” but until this week, even Angelina Jolie probably forgot she starred in life or something like him. The romantic comedy drama of 2002 was hated by critics, ignored by audiences, and lost millions of dollars in theaters on its way to be forgotten, yet when it started streaming on Netflix, it did so as the top film on the whole service.
Angelina Jolie will die in seven days
You would be forgiven for thinking that Angelina Jolie was done Life or something similar to Before she brought Lara Croft to the big screen TombBut the ROM-Com came in between the original and The cradle of lifeand only three years before Mr. and Mrs. Smash cement his status as a big action star. The low-key ROM-com has Jolie starring as Lanie Kerrigan, a local Seattle correspondent filled with the kind of ENennai and emptiness about her life that marked so many films in the early 2000s, when a street prophet (Tony Shalhoub) tells her in seven days. The prophet is shown to be rightly eerie throughout the film, predicting an earthquake immediately 9:06 am in San Francisco, and that “Angel will fall from the aerial,” which turns out to be a member of the anaheim (La) angels.
The prediction is enough to get Lanie to try to turn her life around, though her hot boyfriend playing cal baseball (cal (calAngel’s Christian Kane) is useless, Pete (Edward Burns), the cameraman, is right there to share his philosophy of daily living. Lanie finds herself falling in love with the charm of Weirdo Pete and Zest for life while following her dream of becoming a national level anchor at harder than ever. That is the whole plot, and while Angelina Jolie tries to make Life or something similar to In to strike through the power of pure will, the film, like Lanie, was destined before the opening day.
The worst combination since pine and pizza: expensive and boring
If you decide to watch the movie on NetflixKeep in mind that this film has a $ 40 million budget, before the inevitable marketing campaign. With inflation, that would be close to $ 70 million today, and while Angelina Jolie is expensive for the film, Life or something similar to costs $ 20 million more than the lovely Nightmare Redmaking and $ 30 million beyond A thieves 2: PanteraA film that managed to turn a profit, beloved by fans and critics, and was enough to secure a third film. There was no way that Jolie’s movie was going to turn a profit, though she beat The circle And the “seven days till you die” conspired to the punch a few months.
Angelina Jolie may be a list star and with a string of obstacles to her name, but like any performer, she has an equal number of flops in her filmography, and Life or something similar to Perhaps the most forgotten. That’s not to say that the film is bad; Jolie does her absolute best to elevate, but is completely forgotten, and today it would be a six -episode series on a stream Service. It is a testament to its star power yet to decrease after over 30 years in the magnifying glass that Netflix users turn one of its worst films into popularity.
Life or something similar to streaming on Netflix.
