

Life or Something Like It(2002)
Destiny is what you make of it.
A reporter Lanie Kerrigan interviews a psychic homeless man for a fluff piece about a football game's score. Instead he tells her that her life has no meaning and is going to end in just a few days, which sparks her to action, trying to change the pattern of her life...





Movie: Life or Something Like It
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