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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe result is a worthy woman's film and Jolie's best showcase to date.
- 50Miami HeraldCharles SavageMiami HeraldCharles SavagePseudo-profound fluff.
- 40The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasA banal message movie.
- 40SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekDimly entertaining, the sort of thing that doesn't insult you so much that you feel compelled to flee the theater, but it's too inert to be anything close to charming or compelling.
- 38New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanPartly a schmaltzy, by-the-numbers romantic comedy, partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless.
- 30The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThe relentless upbeatness of Life or Something Like It wrecks the possibility of either real laughter or genuine pathos.
- 30SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinThis mad prophet says it will die in a week.
- 30Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonIt's difficult to concentrate on the story. Not that there's much to concentrate on anyway.
- 30Film ThreatMichael DequinaFilm ThreatMichael DequinaDirector Stephen Herek certainly doesn't come up with anything, and he fails to make the swings between silliness and schmaltz smoothly.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumMostly about slapping together a bunch of clichés -- outdated clichés at that -- regarding the loneliness of ambitious women.