‘Less Ordinary’ a sub-ordinary attempt at an eclectic film

Movie Review by Krista Benson

A bumbling accidental criminal kidnaps a wealthy, mentally unstable heiress with a father who doesn’t care about her.

No, it’s not “Excess Baggage” — it’s worse.

“A Life Less Ordinary” stars Ewan McGregor (of “Trainspotting” fame) and Cameron Diaz as one very unlikely couple.

Celine (Diaz) is the spoiled, cynical daughter of an incredibly wealthy business tycoon. She has grown up with everything that she could ever need or desire, except, naturally, love.

Robert (McGregor) is a janitor in Celine’s father’s building who gets fired and replaced by a robot, dumped by his girlfriend for an aerobics instructor and evicted in the span of 24 hours. He wants revenge, so he goes up to her father’s office to rant for a few minutes.

That’s the plan, anyway. Somehow, guards get in the way of his plan and attack him. With Celine’s help, he shoots her father and kidnaps her.

Thus is the beginning of an unlikely and badly written movie that lasts approximately two hours too long.

Now, throw in a couple of bounty hunter angels who must make this unlikely couple fall in love before the angels can return to heaven, an insane backwoods man, karokee fantasies, gratuitous violence, a violent butler, a mentally unstable dentist-turned-doctor-turned-alcoholic porn director … and it’s all in the name of love.

The acting in this movie is actually pretty good. With the exception of Holly Hunter as an evil, sex-starved angel, the cast shows talent and ability, or at least as much as they can with a script like this one.

“A Life Less Ordinary” is recycled, eclectic cinematic garbage thrown together into a cute little package of a bad movie.

Granted, “Ordinary” makes you leave the theater laughing. Unfortunately, it’s at the movie.

If you need new fodder for mockery, spend that $6. For love, laughs, and a decent script … pretty much anything would be a better choice.