Life Less Ordinary, A

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  • Life Less Ordinary, A -- Romantic fantasy clunker in which two angels (Holly Hunter and Delroy Lindo) are assigned to make a spoiled heiress (Cameron Diaz) and her dimwitted kidnapper (Ewan McGregor) fall in love and marry. Director Danny Boyle attempts to mix unexpected violence with screwball comedy but the results are strained and unconvincing. Some violence, sexual innuendo and intermittent profanity and rough language. (A-III) (R) ( 1997 )




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    The classifications are as follows:

    A-I -- general patronage;
    A-II -- adults and adolescents;
    A-III -- adults;
    L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
    O -- morally offensive.

    Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.

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