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A Life Less Ordinary (1997)

Name: A Life Less Ordinary
Director: Danny Boyle
Genre: fantasy film, romantic comedy
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 6.3

A Life Less Ordinary is a 1997 British romantic black comedy fantasy film directed by Danny Boyle, written by John Hodge, and starring Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Ian Holm and Dan Hedaya. The plot follows two angels who are sent to Earth to help make a disgruntled kidnapper (McGregor) and his hostage (Diaz) fall in love.

Directed by Danny Boyle · Shot by Brian Tufano · Cut by Masahiro Hirakubo · 99 min

Behind the scenes

A Life Less Ordinary: Joanne O'Riordan at TEDxCorkWomen — TEDx Talks · 10 min

Elsewhere

More by Danny Boyle

Shallow Grave — 1994
Trainspotting — 1996
The Beach — 2000
Strumpet — 2001
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise — 2001
28 Days Later — 2002
Millions — 2004
Sunshine — 2007
Slumdog Millionaire — 2008
Alien Love Triangle — 2008
127 Hours — 2010
Happy and Glorious — 2012
Trance — 2013
Steve Jobs — 2015
T2 Trainspotting — 2017
Yesterday — 2019
28 Years Later — 2025
Ink — 2026

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