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  • A Life Less Ordinary
  • Opened October 24, 1997
  • R
  • An enraged Scottish janitor (Ewan McGregor) shoots his wealthy employer in the leg and kidnaps his daughter (Cameron Diaz) at gunpoint.
  • Cast: Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter
  • Director: Danny Boyle

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No Avg. Critic Score 35 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

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  • 75
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    The movie damn near lives up to that promise. Picture the Marx brothers and the...

  • 60
    The New York Times | Elvis Mitchell

    Mr. Boyle's brand of heaven-sent love story comes with a strange and whimsical...

  • 50
    New York Daily News | Dave Kehr

    This aggressively "sincere" movie is without a single authentically lived...

  • 50
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    The film expends enormous energy to tell a story that is tedious and contrived.

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