A Life Less Ordinary (7/10)

I'm rounding off my Danny Boyle collection. Only two more films after this. "A Life Less Ordinary" is his strangest film yet. This is because it tries to be different. It's outlandish, stylish, bigger than life an mildly fun. It's got it's problems but it's still a nice ride.

We start off with seeing heaven. Two angels (Delroy lindo and Holly Hunter) are the angels in charge of relationships. An idea every great love has been fabricated by a greater power. The two are charged with making a two people fall in love or stay on Earth forever. They have a challenge ahead of them. Robert (Ewan Mcgregor) is a lowly janitor that's lost it all. He breaks into his former boss's office and on a whim takes his daughter, Seline (Cameron Diaz) hostage. So next begins the whole kidnapping aspect a the become closer and drift apart.

It's quite easy to guess the ending, I probably guess 75% of it correctly. We don't care much for the angels but rather get involved with the potential couple. Getting rid of the angel subplot would have been much better. Mcgregor and Diaz are believable and quite fun. The film is very lucky to have them because it's not the best one at there.Mcgregor's character is the highlight of the film, he makes you feel like all the strange things that happen to him are a intant away from happening to you. Although it still had lot's of room for improvement. Boyle's style is evident but it's a weird story for him to work with. It's a good movie, but boyles's done better.

7/10
Recommendation: If you like the actors and director go for it. Otherwise you may still like the whole "will they/ wont't they" thing. It's a pretty decent film.