This film forgotten with Angelina Jolie is available on Netflix
Among the films that make up the filmography of Angelina Jolie, 7 days and a life (Original title: Life or something similar) Rarely appears in a good place in the rankings. And for a good reason: published in 2002, this romantic comedy with a philosophical tone was a critical and commercial failure. Today rediscovered thanks to her arrival on Netflix France, it is as curious as she confuses.
Jolie plays Lanie Kerrigan, a journalist with long teeth, always impeccable, convinced to master her destiny. Until the day a marginal preacher announces that he will die in a week. This forecast will upset his daily life: in seven days, he tries to re -evaluate his priorities, to reconnect with what he repressed and, of course, to rediscover love with his colleague Cameraman (Edward Burns). All in a style perfectly dated in the early 2000s, brushing the platinum included.
Directed by Stephen Herek (Small champions,, Rock Academy), the film flirts in a hybrid tone, between romance, New York comedy and existential meditation, without ever completely finding its tone. When he left, he only wore $ 16 million for a budget of 40 and attracted the anger of criticism. Roger Ebert was talking about a “badly adapted” film and the observer judged him “delusional and without relief”.
A vintage curiosity for fans of Angelina Jolie
Despite this failed beginning, the film today wins a certain curiosity with an audience eager to rediscover. On the networks, several spectators underline the captivating strangeness of the scenario, or the guilty pleasure of seeing Angelina Jolie in a lighter register, far from her darker or more busy roles. The film also appears as a capsule of time: that of a Hollywood that still wanted to believe in redemption in stilettos.
7 days and a life It has not been the subject of a great critical rehabilitation, but benefits from a well -known side effect of streaming: that of putting films under the radar in the spotlight. If you like the com-com with an existential touch or if you are simply curious to see Angelina Jolie play the television presents, it’s time.
Source: Cine Serie
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