
Grace Bichon, who is managing her father Wyly King's riding-stable, discovers that her husband, Eddie, deceives 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 everyone's authority, especially Wyly's, thus causing a stir in her parents' marriage, too.... (Full plot summary below)
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Grace Bichon, who is managing her father Wyly King's riding-stable, discovers that her husband, Eddie, deceives 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 everyone's authority, especially Wyly's, thus causing a stir in her parents' marriage, too.
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| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonQuaid is just right as the guilty husband who somehow becomes the wounded party. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSomething to Talk About is the kind of movie where you start out wondering how all of these people are related, and end up knowing all too well. |
| Sacramento BeeJoe BaltakeUnder [Hallstrom's] direction, Something To Talk About seems volatile and fresh, as well as tender and sentimental. |
| SPLICEDWireRob BlackwelderRoberts, Quaid, Duvall, Rowlands and Kyra Sedgewick, who plays Grace's spirited sister, all turn in very personal performances that make Something to Talk About something to see. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldFor the most part this is a pleasing, polished affair, honest enough to steer a compassionate middle course without succumbing to caricature or conservative sentimentality. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversAt times director Lasse Hallstrom lets the film slip into an upscale version of Brett Butler’s Grace Under Fire sitcom. Even when melodrama threatens, Roberts’ steadying, sharply observed performance keeps things touchingly real. Khouri’s script has the buoyant wit to deal with Grace’s anger without turning her into a lethal avenger. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrSomething 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. |
| Austin ChronicleAlison MacorPerhaps the most satisfying aspect of this film is its lack of tidy closure. As in life, compromises are reached and battles continue. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezSomething to forget about. In this painfully contrived comedy of Southern manners, Julia Roberts's waning star power finally winks out. |
| New Orleans Times-PicayuneDavid BaronIt's rambling and unfocused, but still fresh enough to break the usual Hollywood mold. |