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A Life Less Ordinary

Danny Boyle, Director

1997 | 103 | Feature

Following the success of Shallow Grave (1994) and Trainspotting (1995), filmmaker Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) reunited with producer Andrew Macdonald, writer John Hodge and actor Ewan McGregor for their first film set in America, a screwball romantic comedy/fantasy costarring Cameron Diaz. Boyle's energetic visuals and dark, surreal sensibility distinguish this tale of a mismatched couple, a nice-guy janitor (McGregor) and the spoiled, careless daughter of a millionaire (Diaz), whose romantic fate is being controlled by a pair of angel cops (Delroy Lindo and Holly Hunter). "Passionate a quintessentially American romance" - Salon. (1997)