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Something to Talk About

1995 · 106 min

A warm, wry Southern family comedy-drama about infidelity and self-discovery, with sharp dialogue and a satisfying emotional arc.

Directed by
Lasse Hallström
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Tagline
A story about husbands, wives, parents, children and other natural disasters.
Overview
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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Directed by
Lasse Hallström
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • love
  • parenthood
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Lasse Hallström
Written by
Callie Khouri
Starring
Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Robert Duvall, Gena Rowlands, Kyra Sedgwick, Brett Cullen, Haley Aull, Muse Watson
Music
Graham Preskett, Hans Zimmer
Cinematography
Sven Nykvist
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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