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Something to Talk About (1995)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:9
Rotten:17
Average Rating:5.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Lasse Hallstrom (THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, MY LIFE AS A DOG) directs this romantic comedy in which Julia Roberts plays Grace, a decent but naive southern woman who, happening to drive by her husband,... Lasse Hallstrom (THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, MY LIFE AS A DOG) directs this romantic comedy in which Julia Roberts plays Grace, a decent but naive southern woman who, happening to drive by her husband, Eddie (Dennis Quaid), one afternoon, is shocked to discover him locked in a passionate embrace, in public, with another woman. She immediately confronts her errant hubby, setting the town gossips' tongues wagging, and moves back in with her wealthy parents, provoking reactions from her imperious dad (Robert Duvall), who believes that a wife's duty is to stand by her man, and her sarcastic sister, Emma Rae (Kyra Sedgwick), who thinks that the bum got what he deserved. Soon Grace has caused a town scandal by openly questioning anyone who may have had an affair with Eddie and also starts to unearth problems in her parents' relationship. The film is ultimately a story about women who attempt reconciliation with their cheating spouses by exploring a new set of rules on their own terms. The screenplay is by Callie Khouri, the Academy Award- winning screenwriter of THELMA AND LOUISE. [More]
Starring: Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Robert Duvall, Gena Rowlands
Starring: Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Robert Duvall, Gena Rowlands, Kyra Sedgwick, Brett Cullen, Muse Watson
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Composer: Hans Zimmer, Graham Preskett
Screenwriter: Callie Khouri
Producer: Anthea Sylbert, Paula Weinstein
Reviews for Something to Talk About
Horrible "romantic comedy." Great message for the ladies: Forgive your cheating husband because that's the best you can do.
Something to Talk About is the kind of movie where you start out wondering how all of these people are related, and end up knowing all too well.
Yet another 'men are evil' film from Thelma & Louise writer Callie Khouri.
Low-key to a fault, Something to Talk About is no more original or compelling than its title.
Something to Talk About is at its best when Khouri's juicy script is adroitly mixing comedy and pathos.
Something to Talk About is weary -- every ounce of energy and originality has long since been wrung out of this formula, and the 'twist' of having the leads already married doesn't do much to spice up things.
Under [Hallstrom's] direction, Something To Talk About seems volatile and fresh, as well as tender and sentimental.
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