Movie
A Life Less Ordinary
Overview
A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is kidnapped by janitor Robert. Although Celine quickly frees herself, she stays with Robert for thrills. O'Reilly and Jackson pursue, hoping to unite the prospective lovers.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-10-24
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Figment Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ewan McGregor as Robert Lewis
- Cameron Diaz as Celine Naville
- Holly Hunter as O'Reilly
- Delroy Lindo as Jackson
- Ian Holm as Mr. Naville
- Maury Chaykin as Tod Johnson
- Dan Hedaya as Gabriel
- Stanley Tucci as Elliot Zweikel
- Ian McNeice as Mayhew
- Tony Shalhoub as Al
- Christopher Gorham as Walt
- Anne Cullimore Decker as Violet Eldred Gesteten
Crew
- Danny Boyle - Director
- John Hodge - Screenplay
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