Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Rodrigo García

Writer:

Rodrigo García (writer)

Release Date:

4 October 2000 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Their faces only begin to tell the story.

Plot:

An anthology of five loosely connected stories dealing with a variety of very different women in dealing with their own life problems...

Plot Keywords:

Pregnancy | Blind | Loneliness | Depression | Dwarf

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win

Cast

Glenn Close	...	Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
Cameron Diaz	...	Carol Faber (segment "Love Waits For Kathy")
Calista Flockhart	...	Christine Taylor (segments "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine" and "This is Dr. Keener")
Kathy Baker	...	Rose (segments "Someone For Rose" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")
Amy Brenneman	...	Detective Kathy Faber (segment "Love Waits For Kathy")
Valeria Golino	...	Lilly (segment "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine")
Holly Hunter	...	Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
Matt Craven	...	Walter (segments "Fantasies About Rebecca" and "Love Waits For Kathy")
Gregory Hines	...	Robert (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
Miguel Sandoval	...	Sam (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
Noah Fleiss	...	Jay (segment "Someone For Rose")
Danny Woodburn	...	Albert (segments "Someone For Rose" and "Love Waits For Kathy")
Penelope Allen	...	Nancy (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca") (as Penny Allen)
Roma Maffia	...	Debbie (segment "Love Waits For Kathy")
Mika Boorem	...	June (segments "Love Waits For Kathy" / "Goodnight Lilly" / "Goodnight Christine")

Also Known As:

Azélet maga (Hungary) [hu]
Ce que je sais d'elle... d'un simple regard (France) [fr]
Coisas Que Eu Poderia Dizer Só de Olhar Para Ela (Brazil) [pt]
Coisas Que Você Pode Dizer Só de Olhar Para Ela (Brazil) [pt]
Con sólo mirarte (Argentina) [es]
Con tan solo mirarla (Mexico) [es]
Cosas que diría con sólo mirarla (Spain) [es]
Coses que diries només de mirar-la (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Gefühle, die man sieht (Austria) [de]
Gefühle, die man sieht... - Things you can tell (Germany) [de]
Julmia totuuksia (Finland) [fi]
Le cose che so di lei (Italy) [it]
Na pierwszy rzut oka (Poland) [pl]
Regards de femmes (Canada: French title) (TV title) [fr]
Tout ce qu'on peut apprendre d'une femme au premier regard (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexual content and language.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Dolby SR

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Norway:7 | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Lacy Street Production Center - 2630 Lacy Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Avnet/Kerner Productions

Trivia:

A Braille book that Cameron Diaz's character reads is "One Hundred Years of Solitude". Which was written by the director's father Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Quotes:

Nancy: What does your husband think about this?
Rebecca: I don't have a husband.
Nancy: Show me your ring finger.
[Rebecca shows Nancy her left hand]
Nancy: Are you a lesbian?

Pretty good as an acting recital

"Hanging in thin air" says it about as well as I can.

There weren't enough points of connection between the stories to keep that part of it interesting. Each story trailed off to an ambiguous and inconclusive segue in to the next. Some of these were tied together later, though.

I've heard the same things said about the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

However, the cast did a fine job with a dubious script.

My favorites: Glenn Close, Kathy Baker, Holly Hunter, Amy Brenneman, Danny Woodburn. Oh well, Cameron Diaz, too.

Matt Craven was wonderfully smarmy, although it wasn't quite believable that any woman, even a blind one, couldn't spot that at 100 paces away.

p.s. Paul is right, it's not strictly a chick flick. It speaks to men as well, to the extent that it finds its voice.