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If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Angel Gabriel (Dan Hedaya) sends O'Reilly (Holly Hunter) and Jackson (Delroy Lindo) down to earth to bring together two people or else they can't return. Robert Lewis (Ewan McGregor) is a dreamer who gets fired as a janitor. His girlfriend leaves him. He goes to challenge his former employer Naville (Ian Holm) who is berating his spoiled daughter Celine (Cameron Diaz). She pushes Robert to shoot her father in the leg and he ends up taking her hostage.The movie starts ridiculously with the William Tell nonsense. Ewan McGregor is playing a little too dumb unless he's a weed smoking slacker. I like Cameron Diaz's attitude and she's smoking hot. They have good chemistry but it could have been a lot better. Danny Boyle and John Hodge are trying for wacky comedy but it doesn't always get the laughs. Also O'Reilly and Jackson's plan isn't well spelled out. I keep thinking while watching this that this movie should be better and funnier but it's not.

I recently purchased ALLO having not seen it in a long time. I had fond memories of a number of scenes and the movie was really cheap in a second hand store.In the first hour all of the scenes I remembered popped up and I was thoroughly enjoying myself, whilst wondering why the film had a comparatively poor rating both with audiences and critics. The chemistry between the leads is good and there are a lot of funny moments as Ewan Macgregor's character struggles with his inability to be a bad guy and Cameron Diaz tries to manipulate the situation to meet her own ends. Holly Hunters playfully seductive angel is also perfect opposite Delroy Lindo.Unfortunately the bag swap comes about 40 minutes too early in the film and from here the wheels come off. We are given scene after scene, each one more ridiculous than the last, of the two would be lovers getting mad at each other. Although the fantastical elements of the film can be accepted, there is at least one scene where the inevitable repercussions cannot be ignored but are never addressed. For a film that has such a strong first half, the second half verges on boring. For me that's probably the worst thing that can be said of any movie.The soundtrack is no doubt great if you're playing the CD in the car. However the placing of the songs seems all wrong, like Boyle was simply trying to replicate what he had achieved in Trainspotting where the songs underlined the scenes perfectly. All in all, for me this was a typical Danny Boyle film (with the exception of Trainspotting). It promised so much yet was let down by some fatal flaws.

In Los Angeles, the janitor and aspirant writer of trash novel Robert Lewis (Ewan McGregor) is fired and replace by a robot. He goes to the office of his boss Naville (Ian Holm) and has an argument with him, demanding his job back. When the security guards surround him, Robert abducts the daughter of his boss Celine Naville (Cameron Diaz) to escape from the building. The witty Celine convinces Robert to request a large amount for ransom to her father. Meanwhile, the fallen angels O'Reilly (Holly Hunter) and Jackson (Delroy Lindo) are assigned by their chief Gabriel (Dan Hedaya) to help Robert and Celine to fall in love with each other, otherwise they will never return home. "A Life Less Ordinary" is a highly entertaining romantic comedy with a crazy and funny story. Cameron Diaz is awesome in the role of the spoiled Celine, and show a wonderful chemistry with Ewan McGregor. They form one of the most unlike couples, forcing the angels to use unconventional methods to bring them together. I saw this film on 03 July 1999 for the first time, and today I have just watched it again on DVD. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Por Uma Vida Menos Ordinária" ("For a Life Less Ordinary")

These characters are absolutely ridiculous, and that's why they're so good. Structured in two different 'worlds': one that is Heaven-like run by Gabriel and his highly amusing angels, and the other is earth, life as we know it only... amplified. A lot.Absurdly funny & original comedy masterpiece by Danny Boyle. It's got cheese, but it's the stuff of good film-making too: hilarious script, actors with great comedic timing, and bizarre occurrences that make sense in a weird, weird way, I loved it.An action-packed romantic-comedy mixed with other-worldly events, this was my kinda movie.If you liked the 90s, you'll like this. I had a blast watching and I hope you will too.