Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her [VHS]
Movie Review: Give this as a gift to someone you hate
Summary: 2 Stars
I decided to get this movie because it was on sale at a local store and I saw that it had 4 stars here at [amazon.com] I thought it would be a good movie to watch with my girlfriend...whoops!The movie had no meaning for me. I thought maybe female viewers would relate to the movie better, but even my girlfriend wished she hadn't wasted her time watching this movie. We were really depressed after we finished it. The stories in the movie could've been interesting but were too slow. On the plus side, the cast was great.
The video quality wasn't good for a DVD but the audio was decent. There were a couple of times I turned my head because I thought the sound was real.
There are no extras on this DVD except for the theatrical trailer.
Not a recommended purchase.
Movie Review: depressing
Summary: 2 Stars
I was excited when this movie first came out. I was very disappointed. There is no hope in this movie, no laughter, no joy. It was one of the most depressing I have ever seen.Movie Review: Things you would hate just by watching this movie
Summary: 1 Stars
Great actors, that can't be denied. But a horrific movie. Boring, shallow, self-absorbed people making dull, obvious choices to leave empty lives. Get a group of people together and see if there is any plot "twist" you can't predict. Pretentious, obvious and insipid.But did I mention the actors are great?
Movie Review: Not for everyone, but the target audience will love it
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not surprised that this film never made it to theaters. I saw it in a San Francisco theater with a quirky group of feminist friends and we all loved it--but I think the "target audience" (if there is any such thing) is just that--people who are heightened awareness of injustices, however subtle, in the way people are viewed. This film features a doctor who appears calm and collected but in reality suffers from horrible insecurity and lonliness. A tarot card reader (wonderfully portrayed by Calista Flockhart) who supposedly has all the answers sits helplessly as her lover succumbs to illness. A feisty blind woman takes life (and men) lightly while her sister fumbles through a sterile, if successful, existence. All in all, this film is not plot-driven; rather, it is meant to raise questions and leave viewers wondering about their last rash error in judgment.Movie Review: Extraordinary little movie
Summary: 4 Stars
One evening in the spring of 2000, I was at the movies and saw a poster for Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her. What an interesting title, I thought. And what a cast! I put the movie on my mental list of ones I planned to see. It never played at that theater. It never played in any theater in North America, although it was released in Europe, South America and Japan. Instead, it was sold to a big cable TV movie channel. MGM decided that it was too small a film for American audiences. I think their decision was unfortunate. Many movies intended for a limited audience have successful theatrical runs, and as so-called small movies go, this is an awfully big one. I hope it finds the audience it deserves on video.Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her does not have a conventional plot. It is five stories or vignettes loosely tied together. As the title implies, they are about women. In the first one, Glenn Close plays a doctor who is successful in her professional life but not in her personal oen. Her rather cold exterior masks the fact that she is starved for affection. It is Close's best role in years. Next we meet Rebecca [Holly Hunter], a bank manager on the edge of forty, whose almost casual decision to have an abortion leads to unexpected emotional complications. There is Rose [Kathy Baker], a single Mom who writes children's books and who does her best at raising her precocious fifteen year old son. She finds herself attracted to her new next-door neighbor, a smart and confident guy who just happens to be a dwarf. Christie [Calista Flockheart] and Lilly [Valeria Golino] are lovers facing one of life's toughest battles. Finally, there is the tale of Carol [Cameron Diaz], a blind woman who understands and 'sees' life much more clearly than her repressed sister, Kathy [Amy Brenneman].
None of these stories may sound like much, but the success of a story always lies in its telling. Director Rodrigo Garcia is a master story teller. He never lets the movie drift into melodrama. The characters and the subject matters could easily lend themselves to titillation and to cheap thrills, but in the hands of this masterful director, we see these characters simply as people doing the best they know how to do despite their handicaps, both physical and emotional. This movie is very human, and that's fairly rare these days.
The cast, of course, is a remarkable group of actors. It is amazing to see them all together in one movie. What truly impressed me was the fact that all of them seems to have outdone themselves. While some of their roles are not large, I cannot think of an instance in which any of them have given a better performance. For acting buffs, the film is a rare treat.
When we refer to a movie as small, I think we generally mean one that does not get the adrenaline flowing. If so, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her certainly fits the description. Anyone addicted to explosions, car chases and pumped up characters mindlessly spewing profanities will want to avoid this one. Those who like a little heart and soul, not to mention some intelligence, in their movies should find this one to be a rare treat.