Life as We Know It
Storyline
Two single adults become caregivers to an orphaned girl when their mutual best friends die in an accident.
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A comedy about taking it one step at a time.Genres:
Comedy | DramaMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for sexual material, language and some drug content. See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
8 October 2010 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Bajo el mismo techo See more »Filming Locations:
Atlanta, Georgia, USA See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$14,506,464 (USA) (10 October 2010) (3150 Screens)Gross:
$14,506,464 (USA) (10 October 2010) See more »
Company Credits
Production Co:
Josephson Entertainment, Gold Circle Films, Village Roadshow Pictures See more » Show detailed company contact information on IMDbPro »
Technical Specs
Runtime:
USA: 114 minSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalColor:
Color See full technical specs »
Fun Facts
Quotes
Holly Berenson: They love Sophie more than anything in they entire world, and out of everyone, Messer, they picked us.See more »
Soundtracks
"Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye"Written by Leonard Cohen
Performed by Roberta Flack
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing See more »
User Reviews
You and your better half will be getting your money's worth
This was a good combination of a movie which contained clichéd plot structure but strayed away from being too run-of-the mill for this kind of film. In other words, it got to the places that you would expect but it took a different route than you might expect. Josh Duhamel and Katherine Heigl were good eye candy throughout the movie, and the baby (like most) was absolutely adorable. The filming schedule must have been pretty spread out to let her grow probably as much as a year older (progressively), as the film itself jumps through its seasons similar to how Juno did. In fact, one thing really annoyed about this and I'm going to throw it out there right now... we all know that the NBA doesn't run through the summer, so why does this movie show the NBA running through the summer? I know there are summer leagues but this wasn't that. Anyway, just irritated me a bit.
There were many characters in this movie that had to help with the story's stability, but they were also in there for the minute giggles and frankly I could have done without most of them. Like I said with "cliché" moments, if you've seen one movie with these characters you've seen them all. Josh Lucas was the only person with a half-decent supporting role IMO.
This movie was somewhat divided; I don't mean this just in the sense that things start to go well then they don't then they kind of do again, but I mean in terms of focus. The first half is very baby-centric, and the latter half pertains a lot more to Duhamel and Heigl, where the baby is obviously used as a device to connect and/or separate the two. Said first half is what I really loved about the movie as I just love babies and it dealt more with internal resolutions, but it was cute enough to keep me interested anyway.
This movie works well with a female crowd, and it would help if you brought just one more along with you. Bring your wife, girlfriend, date... whoever if you plan on seeing it. For what it's worth, I enjoyed it with my company. The 6 out of 10 is almost as much as you can get out of me with this kind of movie. In all seriousness, a 6 is good... a 2 obviously is not, and this movie is not a 2. On a final side note, I love how Pearl Jam got a song in this movie. Haven't heard them in one since Eddie Vedder's original soundtrack in Into the Wild.
