Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her
Starring:Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz, Calista Flockhart, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Valeria Golino, Holly Hunter, Matt Craven, Gregory Hines, Miguel Sandoval, Noah Fleiss, Danny Woodburn, Penelope Allen, Roma Maffia, Elpidia Carrillo, Mika Boorem, Irma St. Paule, Juanita Jennings, Laura Leigh Hughes, Erik King
Director: Rodrigo García
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD
Average customer rating:
- Things I'd Never Have Seen Except Through Luck
- Feels like a Prequel to "Nine Lives"
- VERY good...
- Lush, Real, Significant.
- Wonderfully subtle
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Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her
Starring: Glenn Close , Cameron Diaz , Calista Flockhart , Kathy Baker , and Amy Brenneman
Director: Rodrigo García
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ASIN: B00005BKZE
Release Date: 2001-07-10 |
Description
Touching, compelling and original, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her spins a brilliant tapestry of interwoven vignettes. Starring OscarÂ(r) winner* Holly Hunter, five-time OscarÂ(r) nominee** Glenn Close, Golden GlobeÂ(r) Winner Calista Flockhart ("Ally McBeal") and Golden GlobeÂ(r) nominees Cameron Diaz (Charlie's Angels), Amy Brenneman ("Judging Amy") and Kathy Baker ("Picket Fences"), this "really special film" ("Ebert & Roeper and the Movies") is an absolute "triumph" (Mirabella). In the heart of L.A., six extraordinary women have come to an emotional crossroads: a talented young detective (Brenneman) struggles with loneliness, an ambitious bank manager (Hunter) contemplates motherhood and a successful doctor (Close) confronts her spiritual emptiness. At the same time, a blind teacher (Diaz) searches for love, a middle-aged writer (Baker) grapples with prejudice and a gifted fortune-teller (Flockhart) grieves for her dying lover. Poised between fear and hope, each woman must weigh the choices she's madein order to meet the future unfolding before her.
Customer Reviews:
Things I'd Never Have Seen Except Through Luck.......2007-01-28
The reviews available here do a great job whetting the appetite of those who haven't seen this remarkable film, so I'll keep my comments short. In this movie, and in his Nine Lives, Rodrigo Garcia gives us more dramatic substance,insight, and pleasure in any single 10- or 20-minute segment than we can find, nine times out of ten, in the standard industry
"blockbuster" of whatever length. I found these by pure luck, and am astonished by my good fortune.
Feels like a Prequel to "Nine Lives".......2006-06-27
"Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her" is a movie written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia, who wrote and directed what I think was the 3rd best film of 2005 "Nine Lives." This film features much of the cast of that film. This movie is Garcia's first movie and it's apparent, it definitely has a first movie vibe to it. Unlike, "Nine Lives" which let us eavesdrop on 15 minutes in the life of a woman and never leading us back to that woman; This film gives us vignettes (that are much longer than 15 minutes) and at the end brings us back to see what became of the women. While each vignette is an affecting and smart one, Garcia was able to show more emotion in the 15 minutes than he was in these 30 minute or so ones. Like, "Nine Lives" all of the vignettes are separated into sections. The first one is:
1. "This is Dr. Keener": We meet a woman named Dr. Keener (Glenn Close) who is taking care of an elderly woman. A fortune teller (Calista Flockhart) arrives at her house and predicts her future.
2. "Fantasies About Rebecca": Rebecca (Holly Hunter) discovers that she's pregnant; Meanwhile, she has sex with a co-worker (Matt Craven) and chats with a homeless woman.
3. "Someone for Rose": A children's book writer named Rose (Kathy Baker) watches as a dwarf named Albert (Danny Wood) moves in across the street; as her son Jay makes a shocking revelation.
4. "Good Night Lilly, Good Night Christine": The most affecting of the vignettes, is the story returning the fortune teller Christine (Flockhart) who watches as her lover Lilly (Valeria Golino) dies.
5. "Love Waits for Kathy": A detective named Kathy (Amy Brenneman) deals with loneliness, while her blind sister Carol (Cameron Diaz) bonds with a man named Walter (Matt Craven).
In a nutshell, there's the synopsis. While all the vignettes are affecting, I think the most entertaining one is "Someone for Rose"; While, as I said, the most affecting is "Good Night Lilly, Good Night Christine." Holly Hunter delivers the best performance in the movie, while Glenn Close is completely understated and Cameron Diaz delivers one of her best performances. The biggest problem with the movie, although it has very few flaws, is that some of the vignettes drag on too long, but it's not Garcia's fault...It's his first movie. He does a show an amazing talent for going into a woman's life for a few moments and making something out of it. This is a good film, it's not a great film but it's definitely worth checking out.
GRADE: B+
VERY good..........2006-04-29
These slice-of-life ensemble-cast episodic movies are sometimes hit and miss, but this one was pretty solid all the way through. The unspoken common theme is, as the ironic title suggests, the hidden interior world of women, behind their deceptively "ordinary" day-to-day facades.
Luckily this film does not pretend to offer any great sweeping bromides, it just takes us deep into the inner lives of the five women featured here, all played magnificently.
This is a film that stays with you and invites repeated viewings, precisely because it does not provide neat, easy answers but rather respects the mystery and impenetrability of each individual's experience.
Lush, Real, Significant. .......2006-02-05
I am sitting here, almost wordless, wondering
how to weave together just the right words to
describe the lusciousness of this film.
I described it to the woman at the Video store
and she said, "Sold! I am seeing it now!" after
I mentioned how real, how truthful and how artistically
woven together these stories are and how
skillfully it is crafted.
The cast is phenomenal - how many times can
that be said? What especially amazed me was
the talent in small roles - people like the
late Gregory Hines.
Holly Hunter floored me, walking alone down
a Los Angeles street - so together one moment
and falling apart the next.
Amy Brenneman as the sister who has given so
much for her blind sibling (played amazingly by
Cameron Diaz) who finally "gets it" after
an awakening discussion with her pupil.
Kathy Baker with her teen-aged son - wow.
ANd more, more, more - the camera angles, the
metaphor throughout, the connections between
seemingly unrelated characters just like there
are undoubtedly connections between YOU and
seemingly unconnected people in YOUR life as well.
My single favorite line - Calista Flockhart
as Christine, the Tarot Card reader - to Glenn
Close, Dr. Keener, the OB/GYN... "None of this
is written in stone - it is up to you, too."
This one is a keeper - a keeper indeed.
Wonderfully subtle.......2005-11-22
Great film. The director did a marvelous job with this one. It's a quiet film that requires a lot from the viewer. He gave a hint of that with the title. This is really a film where you need to look closely at the actreses. Watch every move. There's so much going on underneath the surface and that's what this is about.
The scene where the Glenn close character has her fortune read is a great example. If you watch her face as she listens there's an entire string of different thoughts that just barely betray themselves on the surface. Anger, denial, defensiveness, acceptance, sorrow... All these things appear and disappear without Close having ever said a word. Very well done.
Not, of course, for viewers with short attention spans, or those who've grown up on average Hollywood fare. This is, in many ways, a Latin American movie. It feels more at home beside Amores Perros or Twenty-One Grams than it does beside most movies from American directors. This is a very good thing. Garcia works his actors/actresses hard, with stunning results. Highly recommended.
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Average customer rating:
- Things I'd Never Have Seen Except Through Luck
- Feels like a Prequel to "Nine Lives"
- VERY good...
- Lush, Real, Significant.
- Wonderfully subtle
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Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her [Region 2]
Starring: Glenn Close , Cameron Diaz , Calista Flockhart , Kathy Baker , and Amy Brenneman
Director: Rodrigo García
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Similar Items:
- Nine Lives
- Ten Tiny Love Stories
- Head Above Water
- Junebug
- In Her Shoes (Widescreen Edition)
ASIN: B00005KI2R |
Customer Reviews:
Things I'd Never Have Seen Except Through Luck.......2007-01-28
The reviews available here do a great job whetting the appetite of those who haven't seen this remarkable film, so I'll keep my comments short. In this movie, and in his Nine Lives, Rodrigo Garcia gives us more dramatic substance,insight, and pleasure in any single 10- or 20-minute segment than we can find, nine times out of ten, in the standard industry
"blockbuster" of whatever length. I found these by pure luck, and am astonished by my good fortune.
Feels like a Prequel to "Nine Lives".......2006-06-27
"Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her" is a movie written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia, who wrote and directed what I think was the 3rd best film of 2005 "Nine Lives." This film features much of the cast of that film. This movie is Garcia's first movie and it's apparent, it definitely has a first movie vibe to it. Unlike, "Nine Lives" which let us eavesdrop on 15 minutes in the life of a woman and never leading us back to that woman; This film gives us vignettes (that are much longer than 15 minutes) and at the end brings us back to see what became of the women. While each vignette is an affecting and smart one, Garcia was able to show more emotion in the 15 minutes than he was in these 30 minute or so ones. Like, "Nine Lives" all of the vignettes are separated into sections. The first one is:
1. "This is Dr. Keener": We meet a woman named Dr. Keener (Glenn Close) who is taking care of an elderly woman. A fortune teller (Calista Flockhart) arrives at her house and predicts her future.
2. "Fantasies About Rebecca": Rebecca (Holly Hunter) discovers that she's pregnant; Meanwhile, she has sex with a co-worker (Matt Craven) and chats with a homeless woman.
3. "Someone for Rose": A children's book writer named Rose (Kathy Baker) watches as a dwarf named Albert (Danny Wood) moves in across the street; as her son Jay makes a shocking revelation.
4. "Good Night Lilly, Good Night Christine": The most affecting of the vignettes, is the story returning the fortune teller Christine (Flockhart) who watches as her lover Lilly (Valeria Golino) dies.
5. "Love Waits for Kathy": A detective named Kathy (Amy Brenneman) deals with loneliness, while her blind sister Carol (Cameron Diaz) bonds with a man named Walter (Matt Craven).
In a nutshell, there's the synopsis. While all the vignettes are affecting, I think the most entertaining one is "Someone for Rose"; While, as I said, the most affecting is "Good Night Lilly, Good Night Christine." Holly Hunter delivers the best performance in the movie, while Glenn Close is completely understated and Cameron Diaz delivers one of her best performances. The biggest problem with the movie, although it has very few flaws, is that some of the vignettes drag on too long, but it's not Garcia's fault...It's his first movie. He does a show an amazing talent for going into a woman's life for a few moments and making something out of it. This is a good film, it's not a great film but it's definitely worth checking out.
GRADE: B+
VERY good..........2006-04-29
These slice-of-life ensemble-cast episodic movies are sometimes hit and miss, but this one was pretty solid all the way through. The unspoken common theme is, as the ironic title suggests, the hidden interior world of women, behind their deceptively "ordinary" day-to-day facades.
Luckily this film does not pretend to offer any great sweeping bromides, it just takes us deep into the inner lives of the five women featured here, all played magnificently.
This is a film that stays with you and invites repeated viewings, precisely because it does not provide neat, easy answers but rather respects the mystery and impenetrability of each individual's experience.
Lush, Real, Significant. .......2006-02-05
I am sitting here, almost wordless, wondering
how to weave together just the right words to
describe the lusciousness of this film.
I described it to the woman at the Video store
and she said, "Sold! I am seeing it now!" after
I mentioned how real, how truthful and how artistically
woven together these stories are and how
skillfully it is crafted.
The cast is phenomenal - how many times can
that be said? What especially amazed me was
the talent in small roles - people like the
late Gregory Hines.
Holly Hunter floored me, walking alone down
a Los Angeles street - so together one moment
and falling apart the next.
Amy Brenneman as the sister who has given so
much for her blind sibling (played amazingly by
Cameron Diaz) who finally "gets it" after
an awakening discussion with her pupil.
Kathy Baker with her teen-aged son - wow.
ANd more, more, more - the camera angles, the
metaphor throughout, the connections between
seemingly unrelated characters just like there
are undoubtedly connections between YOU and
seemingly unconnected people in YOUR life as well.
My single favorite line - Calista Flockhart
as Christine, the Tarot Card reader - to Glenn
Close, Dr. Keener, the OB/GYN... "None of this
is written in stone - it is up to you, too."
This one is a keeper - a keeper indeed.
Wonderfully subtle.......2005-11-22
Great film. The director did a marvelous job with this one. It's a quiet film that requires a lot from the viewer. He gave a hint of that with the title. This is really a film where you need to look closely at the actreses. Watch every move. There's so much going on underneath the surface and that's what this is about.
The scene where the Glenn close character has her fortune read is a great example. If you watch her face as she listens there's an entire string of different thoughts that just barely betray themselves on the surface. Anger, denial, defensiveness, acceptance, sorrow... All these things appear and disappear without Close having ever said a word. Very well done.
Not, of course, for viewers with short attention spans, or those who've grown up on average Hollywood fare. This is, in many ways, a Latin American movie. It feels more at home beside Amores Perros or Twenty-One Grams than it does beside most movies from American directors. This is a very good thing. Garcia works his actors/actresses hard, with stunning results. Highly recommended.
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