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Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
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Starring: |
Holly Hunter, Glenn
Close, Calista Flockhart, Kathy Baker, Cameron Diaz, Amy Brenneman,
Valeria Golino, and Gregory Hines |
| Director: |
Rodrigo
Garcia |
| MPAA rating: |
PG-13 |
| Genre: |
Drama |
| Studio: |
United
Artists
(MGM Home Entertainment) |
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Movie: B- |
Video: A- |
Audio: B+ |
Extras: D |
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Summary: "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at
Her" is a deep drama about the lives of seven very unique
women. The film is a snapshot study of each of these women. We
are thrown into their lives to experience contemplation of motherhood,
spiritual emptiness, searching for romance, grievance for a dying
lover. Though the drama is deep, the crawling pace of the movie left
me quite restless. Performances were good, but honestly, I failed to
identify with most of these characters. It's worth a rental if you're
into slow moving dramas with deep character studies. Seriously, I
think this film will no doubt appeal to some audiences, but it didn't work
for me.
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The Story
"Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her"
stars big-name, award-winning Hollywood talent such as Holly Hunter, Glenn
Close, Calista Flockhart, Kathy Baker, and Cameron Diaz. With all this
star power, you would think the movie would be a huge hit. Well, that was
my going in assumption. I thought I was in for a treat... a deep,
meaningful, and entertaining "chick flick". Well, yes but
mostly no...
The story is about seven very unique women in different
stages of life. The lives of these characters are nicely interwoven
with each other, as you realize by the end of the movie. One is
searching for true love but never seems to find a man that would take her
seriously. Another is not actively searching for love, but the love of
her life unexpectedly finds her in the most unlikely of places, the hospital
morgue. A third woman, a single mother of one, is searching for a new
romantic beginning with a new neighbor who seems unlikely to be her
type. A fourth is a successful career business woman, at the top of
her profession, dealing with the option of motherhood when her casual affair
leads to an unexpected pregnancy. A fifth woman is struggling with
spiritual emptiness as she cares for her aging mother and is desperately
seeking male companionship. The sixth woman is struggling during the
last few precious days of life with her dying lover. And the seventh
woman? I leave that for you to find out. 
These big stars give wonderful dramatic
performances. That goes unquestioned. However, the flow of the
story is very slow and deliberate, to the point of leaving me restless
during much of the movie. Though any and all of these women could be
real-world human beings in real-world situations and predicaments, I found
it hard to identify with most of these characters. While I am sure
that some audiences will enjoy this deep drama, it didn't work for me.
It simply failed to enlist my empathy and compassion.
The Extras
"Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her" DVD comes with
nothing but the original theatrical trailer. Pretty sad, I must say.
Video & Audio
The image quality of this anamorphic
widescreen DVD is very good. The colors are accurate and
saturated, while shadow detail is very good. The Dolby
Digital 5.1 soundtrack is well balanced and has a
clear dialogue track.
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Associated equipment used in evaluation: Sony
DVP-S7700 reference DVD player, Sony
KP-61V45 61" rear projection TV (4:3 screen aspect ratio), Sony ES
STR-V444ES A/V receiver, NHT 2.1 as left/right main speakers, NHT 1.1C center channel speaker, NHT
SuperZero as surround speakers, Monster Cable M-series S-Video cable MSV-500, Monster
Cable Interlink LightSpeed 100 (Toslink) optical cable, Monster Cable XP speaker
wires, and Sony MDR-V600 studio monitor headphones. Our home theater equipment was calibrated
with the Video
Essentials DVD.
Be sure to check out our Top 10 DVDs of the year
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