Something to Talk About

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Grace has a picture-perfect life. And it goes dizzyingly out of focus the day she discovers her husband Eddie has been unfaithful. Julia Roberts headlines this acclaimed movie that aims for the heart and funnybone - and scores a bull's eye. In her best screen role yet, Roberts is Grace, whose reaction to the infidelities of Eddie (Dennis Quaid) turns the lives and loves of the people around her into something like falling dominoes.

Robert Duvall, Gena Rowlands, Kyra Sedgwick and others in "the years best ensemble of characters" (Jack Matthews, Newsday) join Roberts for this juicy, truthful story written by Callie Khouri (Thelma and Louise) and directed by Lasse Hallstrom (What's Eating Gilbert Grape?). Folks are talking about Grace. You owe it to yourself to see why.

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This well-intentioned but strangely cold tale concerns an emotionally repressed Southern belle (Julia Roberts) who separates from her husband (Dennis Quaid) after discovering he is an unabashed philanderer. Pressed by her dominating father (Robert Duvall) into reconciling with her spouse, Roberts's character chafes against so much male control over her destiny. Defended by a fiercely independent sister (a catchy performance by Kyra Sedgwick), the heroine develops the nerve to plot her own course in life while her mother (Gena Rowlands) finds the gumption to throw her own mate out of the house. The script by Callie Khouri (Thelma & Louise) is intelligent but hardly clear, and direction by Lasse Hallström (Once Around) can't keep Khouri's unfocused scenes and uncertain purpose from dissolving like sand castles in the rain. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

Yawn........2007-08-11

Found this to be a very disappointing "chick flick". Your wife or date might
love it, but you'll fall asleep.

A movie I can watch again and again!.......2007-08-05

I agree that this wasn't a movie with a huge message or anything like that, but so what? Can't someone like a movie because they can relax and enjoy the story? If you like movies like that sometimes, try this one. It has a good mix of comedey and drama. I felt terrible for her when she saw her husband on the corner, and I laughed when her mom locked her dad out of the house. It's a good movie to watch when you just want to curl up, relax, and get lost for a couple of hours!

Something to Talk About.......2007-06-30

This movie is one of the best movies ever made. It covers the dynamics of relationships in a way that allows the viewer to recognize them in thier own lives or of people that they know. Julie Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Duvall and Gena Rowlands are all at their best. THis is a movie that I enjoy every time I watch it and that is often.

I enjoy observing social mores i.e. deep lying by Southerners.......2007-06-04

I can't remember the other movie about Southerners I enjoy watching though not for its intended purposes - probably Steel Magnolias. I know everyone enjoys using that accent but I think the South is a treacherous place (excuse me, Delta Burke, Steven Colbert, Amy Sedaris and Florence King.)

I like watching how the South propagandizes itself in everyday life and I can see how it does make life smoother sometimes but that kind of lifestyle doesn't make for a safe place instead it makes me worried more that the gimmicks especially the drawl and the social pressure is so obvious and easily used for manipulating the wrong person into office. I kind of ignored the point of this movie but I like to rewatch it when it is on tv. I'm not susceptible to either Julia Roberts or Dennis Quaid but there's a lot of spendiness in this movie and Kyra Sedgewick may be why Julia Roberts does not do many movies with other women.

My one like without reservation in this movie is Robert Duvall character's advice to the little girl to save your treats for the horse you're going to ride. Too bad he didn't follow his own advice.

a look at relationships.......2007-05-09

I liked this movie alot prehaps because I liked the actors but also because it deals with some real issues in not only marriages but also families. Julia Roberts does a great job as a wife who has been cheated on and as she struggles to deal with the fall-out from this she also has to work on family relationships. The movie does have some colorful language and deals with some serious subject matter so it does deserve the R rating that it has.

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Something to Talk About [Region 2]
Starring: Julia Roberts , Dennis Quaid , Robert Duvall , Gena Rowlands , and Kyra Sedgwick
Director: Lasse Hallström
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000056KAX

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Something to Talk About [Region 2]
Starring: Julia Roberts , Dennis Quaid , Robert Duvall , Gena Rowlands , and Kyra Sedgwick
Director: Lasse Hallström
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video

( S ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ASIN: B000050HJY

Average customer rating:

Yawn.
A movie I can watch again and again!
Something to Talk About
I enjoy observing social mores i.e. deep lying by Southerners
a look at relationships

Something to Talk About [Region 2]
Starring: Julia Roberts , Dennis Quaid , Robert Duvall , Gena Rowlands , and Kyra Sedgwick
Director: Lasse Hallström
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video

( S ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
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Customer Reviews:

Yawn........2007-08-11

Found this to be a very disappointing "chick flick". Your wife or date might
love it, but you'll fall asleep.

A movie I can watch again and again!.......2007-08-05

Something to Talk About.......2007-06-30

I enjoy observing social mores i.e. deep lying by Southerners.......2007-06-04

a look at relationships.......2007-05-09

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