Word: thelma
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although all of the acting is superb, the surprise of this movie is Brad Pitt, who showed a great deal of promise in a small role in "Thelma & Louise" and who, since then, has been given virtually nothing to do in the way of performance. Finally, with "Seven," he dispels entirely the notion that he is simply a heartthrob with no acting ability. He has finally broken out of the quandry from which Johnny Depp and Keanu Reeves can never escape. He has proved himself to be an excellent actor...
...Something to Talk About is not your typical adultery comedy, all farcical fizz and frenzy. Written by Callie Khouri, it is another empowerment play, like her Thelma and Louise. That, however, was a high-concept piece, two girls enjoying the boyish pleasures of a crime-and-bonding spree. This film is harder to describe (almost the highest praise you can offer a movie these days ), but it is equally good-natured and perhaps more intricately subversive in its assault on American patriarchy...
...heart, however, 'Something to Talk About isn't just a male-bashing movie which rants about the degradation of married women at the hands of their cheating husbands. On the contrary, its script, written by Callie Khouri (best known for authoring the script of "Thelma and Louise') is subtle, and very real...
Well, yes, this is a comedy about adultery and its aftershocks. ButTIME's Richard Schickelsays it's much more than that. The funny, good-natured script, by Callie Khouri ("Thelma and Louise"), is another empowerment play, but deeper and more intricately subversive in its assault on American patriarchy. Director Lasse Hallstrom ("My Life as a Dog") is an unobtrusive craftsman who lets his actors breathe in an easy, unforced way. And Gena Rowlands is simply great in a scene where she breaks the silence of the years in a richly emotional encounter with her husband. "Her performance," says Shickel...
...Social Security and Medicare benefits. Virginia Richter said she'd back Bilbray on Medicare, "but it should be one of the last avenues" to balance the budget. "If everything else is reduced, yes, we'd go along," she said. But first slash corporate subsidies and aid to Israel. Said Thelma Steffen: "I say take care of Americans first, then foreigners...