A Life Less Ordinary
Kidnapping. Blackmail. Extortion. Karaoke. What some people will do for love.
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.
- Director
- Danny Boyle
- Worldwide
- $15M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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Box Office & Release
A Life Less Ordinary returned 1.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $12M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $15M
- Release date
- Oct 24, 1997
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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