Synopsis
Grace King Bichon, who is managing her father's riding-stable, discovers that her husband Eddie is deceiving her with another woman. After confronting him in the middle of the night on the streets of their small home town, she decides to stay at her sister Emma Rae's house for a while to make up her mind. Breaking out of her everyday life, she starts to question the authority of everyone.
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Cast
- Julia RobertsGrace King Bichon
- Dennis QuaidEddie Bichon
- Robert DuvallWyly King
- Gena RowlandsGeorgia King
- Kyra SedgwickEmma Rae King
- Brett CullenJamie Johnson
- Haley AullCaroline "Doodlebug" Bichon
- Muse WatsonHank Corrigan
- Anne ShropshireAunt Rae
- Ginnie RandallEula
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Quaid is just right as the guilty husband who somehow becomes the wounded party. - 80
Time Out
For the most part this is a pleasing, polished affair, honest enough to steer a compassionate middle course without succumbing to caricature or conservative sentimentality. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Something to Talk About is like a slow-simmering stew, the kind that flavors familiar ingredients with special herbs and spices. Those spices surely accomplish wonders, but underneath it all you are left with the usual culinary suspects. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Perhaps the most satisfying aspect of this film is its lack of tidy closure. As in life, compromises are reached and battles continue. - 60
The New York Times
It's rambling and unfocused, but still fresh enough to break the usual Hollywood mold. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Something to forget about. In this painfully contrived comedy of Southern manners, Julia Roberts's waning star power finally winks out. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
Tack on a jarringly upbeat coda that looks like the kids at the studio demanded a ”happily ever after” ending before they would agree to put the picture to bed, and Something to Talk About becomes a safe, generic family story of no particular personality. - 50
Variety
Unfortunately, the diverse elements introduced here don’t coalesce into a comfortable package, with much of the background action proving notably listless and unconvincing.
