The story of "Life or Something Like It" (movie 2002) follows a reporter whose life changes after a shocking prophecy. A touching movie plot.
.Our film, "Life Or Something Like It movie", starts with Lanie covering animal news. We learn, dear friend, that she has dedicated her entire life to her job as a reporter and loves a soccer player named Cal. Soon, she heads to the gym where she meets her friend Andrea and they watch Deborah's show. Lanie says that Deborah is very professional because she always makes her guests cry. At night, Lanie goes out with her boyfriend. The next morning, she goes to her work. After she finishes her episode, Dennis calls her and informs her that AMUS channel is looking for new faces to join them. The surprise is that Dennis decided to send Lanie's resume. As soon as Lanie finds out, she can't believe her happiness because she was expecting Dennis to suggest her friend Andrea.
Professional Challenges in Life Or Something Like It movie 2002
He asks her to push herself a bit more and also tells her she must work with Pete again because he's the only one who knows how to make someone natural with the camera. Of course, as soon as Lanie hears Pete's name, she tells him "never, ever, forget about it." But Dennis tells her she's free; if she wants the job, there's no one but Pete, otherwise, forget about fame, Hollywood, and everything. Lanie had no choice but to agree. As soon as she sees Pete, she gives him a cold shoulder and tells him, "Let's be colleagues, nothing more, just hi and bye." It turns out, dear friend, they were in a relationship before. So, he tells her he knows she's a candidate for a job at AMUS channel and he also knows she lives her life by the book to be ready for any job at any time.
Tensions and Confrontations in Life Or Something Like It movie
So she leaves him talking to himself and goes to continue her episode. They were both like fighting roosters. As Lanie was about to say, "Welcome," she finds the awful Pete speeding up her voice, and she was talking like a child on their channel. So she gets annoyed and leaves. Both of them go to Dennis. Lanie complains about Pete, and he tries to calm them both down and tells them, "Enough of this childish behavior." He leaves them to chat together, hoping things might ease up between them a bit. Lanie tells him she lives a perfect life: a great job, high-class friends, a super-fit body, and super-elegant clothes. The other guy was about to explode from her; he saw her as an arrogant person with her nose in the sky. Anyway, at night, she goes out with Andrea.
A Prophetic Encounter in Life Or Something Like It movie
Andrea congratulates her on the new job, and they spend the night gossiping about the awful Pete. One says he's a handsome guy, and the other says he's insufferable. After they've ripped him apart, they go home. The next morning, Lanie goes to continue her work. Jack is living in his own world on the street, standing there saying that an accident will happen today, and three cars will collide, and there will be continuous disturbances for a week. Pete knows Jack and says to him, "Don't you remember me, you blessed one?" He shakes his hand happily. All this time, Lanie is standing there watching them, surprised that Pete has a connection with this poor man. When Pete goes to her, he tells her, "Go get a blessing from him; he's our blessed one. Most of what he says happens."
Doubt and Prediction in Life Or Something Like It Movie
Of course, even though Lanie doesn't believe in this talk, she tells him, "It won't hurt." She goes to shake hands with Jack and tells him she's a candidate for an important job and asks him if he has any news to reassure her. But the disaster is that the awful guy tells her, "You won't get this job." As she's about to tell him, "Are your fuses blown or what?" Pete tells her they are ready for her to record. So she seizes the opportunity and says, "I have the prophet Jack, the most famous scientist on the street." Jack introduces himself and says he can feel events before they happen. Of course, Lanie keeps making fun of him and tells him, "Okay, today there's a game between Seattle and the Hawks. Can you tell me who will win?" He tells her that the Hawks will win by 19 points to 13. She tells him, "Man, say something else. How can you say that?" "Do you have anything else?" He said, "It will snow tomorrow morning," even though the weather forecast said the weather would be perfect. He continues his talk and shocks her for life, telling her, "You will die next Thursday." She's so shocked that she thought Pete paid him to scare her.
Aftershocks and Reflections in Life Or Something Like It Movie
She goes to calm down Pete, and then she goes to meet Andrea. She was upset by the words of the awful Jack. She's surprised that the game has started, and she remains stunned, waiting for the result. Just as she's about to be happy because the result is opposite to Jack's words, at the last moment, the result is as Jack predicted. She's stunned, her eyes wide, doing everything that shows she's shocked. She goes home early from the shock. The next morning, the surprise was that she wakes up to the sound of rain falling as snow. So she says to herself, "Here I will be silent for a moment until I understand what this awful guy's situation is." The poor girl, in a second, goes to get full check-ups to reassure herself, but the doctor reassures her that her health is excellent. So she goes to continue her work and asks Pete if he made Jack say what he said. He told her, "No, it didn't happen. Yes, I can't stand you, but I would never do that. I honestly don't know why he said that. Frankly, if I were in your place and only had a week, I would live my life truly and see what my mistake was and correct it." Then he tells her, "Don't worry about it; he's a poor man living on the street; at most, he predicts weather news and games, nothing more." So she's reassured and feels a bit safer. At night, she goes to visit her father and her sister Gwen for her birthday.
Family Ties and Existential Questions in Life Or Something Like It Movie
She keeps looking at her childhood photos. It had been a long time since she saw her father and sister. When her father tells her to eat a piece of cake, she refuses, which is, of course, unacceptable for Lanie because she's on a diet as the book says. Gwen tells her, "Don't try, old man; she lives by the rules in everything." After that, Lanie leaves to relax, but she was worried and couldn't sleep. She calls her boyfriend Cal to check on him and tells him, "What would you do if you knew you would die in a week?" But the other guy was half-asleep and wasn't even focusing on what she was saying. He tells her it's late and he has to wake up early, and he hangs up with her, not bothering with what she said. She stays up all night and couldn't sleep. So she decides to go to Jack's place. She's scared because the place looks terrifying. As soon as she sees Jack, she thinks about herself and the important things he told her. She tells him she's willing to pay more than Pete, just for him to tell her that he was joking and that he had an agreement with Pete. He gives her the shock for the ninth time and tells her that no one paid him anything and what he said is what he saw. She keeps trying to convince him to change his words, but unfortunately, he tells her that his feeling has never been wrong. So she gives him money to try her luck again.
Further Predictions and Escalating Fears in Life Or Something Like It
As soon as he performs his show, he tells her, "Tomorrow, there will be an earthquake in San Francisco." He continues his talk and tells her, "Take care of yourself." After driving her even crazier, he leaves her and goes to sleep, as if he's telling her that a groom will propose to her tomorrow. The next morning, she goes to the gym, with all her thoughts and focus on whether an earthquake will happen or not. When she goes home, she quickly listens to the news. Just as she's about to be happy because there's no mention of an earthquake, she finds the anchor saying, "We have received the following statement," and says that an earthquake did happen in San Francisco. Lanie enters a state of great terror and stays home for two days. Finally, she decides to leave the house and goes to Pete's house – yes, Pete's house, his home. She looked scared and anxious. He keeps reassuring her and asks her to try to live every moment of her life and enjoy it because no one knows when they will die. She starts to think about his words and decides to visit her sister Gwen.
Revelation and Retreat in Life Or Something Like It Movie
Gwen couldn't believe it herself and asks her, "Do you feel your life has meaning?" Gwen tells her that she's happy with her life with her children, despite all the difficulties she goes through, but she feels there's a purpose she's living for. Lanie feels that she truly hasn't lived her life. She takes herself and locks herself in her house. After a few days, Cal came for a two-day vacation. As soon as he arrives, he finds the house a mess and the music very loud. Lanie is sitting there wearing glasses, even though she didn't like to wear them and always wore contact lenses. She's also sitting in respectable clothes – which is strange – and her hair is messy. In short, she's not the Lanie he knows, who was always perfectly groomed, even when she was sleeping.
Relationship Crossroads and Public Antics in Life Or Something Like It
He keeps asking her what caused this rotten change in her life. She asks him, "What's the end of our relationship?" Of course, Cal didn't think about this question at all; it was a surprise because he lives his whole life carelessly and has no interest in marriage. To escape the question, he tells her, "Why don't you come with me to training and change your mood?" Finally, she realizes that she didn't choose the right man. She goes out on her own that night. The next morning, she had important work, but unfortunately, she was very late, and this was the first time it happened since she started working, to the point that Dennis had to send Andrea in her place. As Andrea was about to rush off, Pete calls and tells them that Lanie has arrived, but this time she was very different. She was wearing a cap and looked like she had been drinking heavily. She insists on going on air in that appearance. She keeps singing and dancing to the point that people carry her and dance with her after they were standing in protest; they turned it into dancing and singing. She was in a completely different world.
Aftermath and Pete's Support in Life Or Something Like It Movie 2002
The next morning, she finds herself at Pete's house. "God help your mind," Pete tells her, "Do you remember what you did?" He informs her that she completely messed up the show. As soon as she turns on the TV, everyone is talking about her and what she did. Of course, her competitors exploited the situation, questioning how she could go on air in that state. She's shocked and says that she's finished. But Pete shows his manhood and keeps trying to comfort her and tells her that he will stay by her side until she gets through this ordeal. They remain together, and he decides to take her out to change her mood. He informs her that today is his son's outing day, and he spends a day with him every week. He asks her to spend the day with them. And indeed, she agrees, as she's already in a mess. They go to pick up Tommy from school. Tommy asks her, "Aren't you going to have children with your boyfriend Cal?" She tells him that she has already broken up with him. She was very happy because she had never experienced this kind of atmosphere before. At night, they go to drop Tommy off at his mother's house. When Tommy asks her if she and his father have a love story, she tells him, "No, darling, we're just friends, nothing more." After Tommy leaves, she tells Pete that he's lucky because he was able to form a family, and that because of this day, she understood the value of family life. And love sparks between them, and things go back to how they used to be.
Career Triumph and a Painful Choice in Life Or Something Like It Movie
The next morning, she's going to work with Pete. She knew that Dennis would definitely fire her as soon as he saw her. But she's surprised when he tells her, "Congratulations, the channel approved you!" They celebrate with her, and she couldn't believe it. At that time, the poor Pete was stunned by the shock. He goes back to his house. Soon, Lanie catches up with him, in great joy, and tells him, "I'm now sure that the awful Jack was just rambling, and that I won't die because he told me they wouldn't approve me, and his words turned out to be wrong." She tells Pete that she has to travel because the first episode of the new program will be tomorrow. She asks him to come and live with her in New York, but unfortunately, he refuses, of course, because of his son, as he won't be able to be away from him.
A Father's Love and a Prophecy's Shadow in Life Or Something Like It
Lanie goes to say goodbye to her father before traveling. When she enters, she tells her father that she knows Gwen is more important to him, but he replies and tells her that they are both equally dear to him, but she's always the one who's far from them. He asks her to open the desk drawer. She's surprised that he was always taking pictures of her in all stages of her life so he could look at them because she's dear to him. Lanie realizes how much she wronged him and keeps crying and asks him to forgive her. She tells him to watch her when she appears on the program and achieves her dream. On the other side, Pete goes to Jack and tells him, "You liar, Lanie got the job!" But the awful guy tells him that he still stands by his words, and if Lanie dies tomorrow before going on air, then she didn't get the job as he said.
A Race Against Time and a Glimmer of Hope in Life Or Something Like It
Doubt plays on Pete's mind, but Lanie's plane had already departed. He goes to sit with his friend Leo. Suddenly, while they are playing billiards, he hears on the news that a plane crashed and a famous handball player died, which was what Jack said when Pete went to confront him about Lanie. Quickly, he goes to catch Lanie and tries to reach her on the next plane to New York. At that time, Lanie had arrived. Suddenly, while she was sitting in the car happily, she was about to have an accident, but thankfully, it passed safely. She feels even more reassured because the day is going smoothly. Finally, she arrives at the AMUS channel, which was her life's dream to work there. They inform her that the first episode will be with the famous host Deborah. The program organizer enters and informs her that Deborah doesn't like unexpected questions.
The Interview, the Tears, and the Turning Point in Life Or Something Like It Movie 2002
Deborah, whom everyone dreams of interviewing, arrives. Lanie was fascinated to sit in front of her. She goes and tells her that it's her life's dream to reach the same fame as her. And of course, everyone was watching Lanie on television as she achieved her life's dream. She starts the first episode, but Lanie surprises her with unwritten questions. She asks her, "After sacrificing your entire life for work, do you think you were able to overcome any girl's dream of getting married, building a family, and having children?" because she knew about Deborah's great love story with a man named Harry. As soon as Deborah hears his name, she can't hold back her tears, and for the first time in her life, the audience sees Deborah crying. After the episode ends, Deborah gets angry and tells Lanie that she won't let her work at the channel because she violated her instructions. She leaves. At this time, Lanie gets up to leave as well, but she's surprised that the channel's president himself wants to see her because no one has ever made Deborah cry before, and this is a great achievement for them. He decides to hire her, but Lanie had already made her decision. She tells him, "Thank you, sir, I no longer want to work at the channel." She leaves. At this time, Pete arrives and is about to call out to Lanie when a fight breaks out in the street, and unfortunately, Lanie is accidentally hit by a bullet and is in critical condition. Pete stays by her side in the hospital, but it was already past the Thursday that Jack mentioned.
A New Beginning and the True Meaning of Life Or Something Like It
As soon as Lanie wakes up, she's happy that Pete is sitting next to her, and he also confesses his love for her. After a period, Pete and Lanie got well, and she goes to live with Pete and his son Tommy. Finally, she lives the life she dreamed of. She tells herself that she must live every day of her life as if it's the last day and not waste any moment in sadness or sorrow. She also says that Jack was truthful, but from her point of view, the arrogant side of her died that day, not her personally, and that she understood the meaning of real life. And of course, dear friend, all this is superstition. Death and life are in God's hands only. These are just superstitions, fortune-telling, and meaningless talk. We don't acknowledge any of that. Please like, dear friend, and for those who are following us and haven't subscribed, please subscribe so you receive new content first. And of course, don't forget to tell us your opinion in a comment. See you in the next film!