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Life Less Ordinary, A (1997)

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Release Date: October 24, 1997
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Suspense
Running Time: 103 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence and language.
Director: Danny Boyle
Writer: John Hodge
Cast: David Stifel, Timothy Olyphant, Maury Chaykin, Ian Holm, Christopher Gorham, Tony Shalhoub, K.K. Dodds, Anne Cullimore Decker, Stanley Tucci, Mel Winkler, Frank Kanig, Ian McNeice, Dan Hedaya, Delroy Lindo, Holly Hunter, Cameron Diaz, Ewan McGregor

Robert is a loser. He is an out-of-work janitor who was just recently replaced by cleaning robots, and is writing what he hopes will be the Great American Trash Novel. But his life is about to change. One day, Robert charges into his ex-boss's office with a gun and demands for his job back. In the process, he accidentally shoots the man and steals his beautiful and sly daughter Celine. They go out to the Read more

Movie Review

Grade: B+ A Life Less Ordinary is one of the weirdest comedies I have seen in a while. It is strangely amusing, yet disturbingly stupid. Ewan McGregor is really a stupid loser, and Cameron Diaz is one vengeful, but sexy, woman. Not only was their romance unlikely, but the movie was as well. I was refreshed to see that I was wrong. Read the full movie review

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