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Movie Description
Lasse Hallstrom (THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, MY LIFE AS A DOG) directs this romantic comedy in which Julia Roberts plays Grace, a decent but naive southern woman who, happening to drive by her husband, Eddie (Dennis Quaid), one afternoon, is shocked to discover him locked in a passionate embrace, in public, with another woman. She immediately confronts her errant hubby, setting the town gossips' tongues wagging, and moves back in with her wealthy parents, provoking reactions from her imperious dad (Robert Duvall), who believes that a wife's duty is to stand by her man, and her sarcastic sister, Emma Rae (Kyra Sedgwick), who thinks that the bum got what he deserved. Soon Grace has caused a town scandal by openly questioning anyone who may have had an affair with Eddie and also starts to unearth problems in her parents' relationship. The film is ultimately a story about women who attempt reconciliation with their cheating spouses by exploring a new set of rules on their own terms. The screenplay is by Callie Khouri, the Academy Award- winning screenwriter of THELMA AND LOUISE.
Synopsis
Lasse Hallstrom directs this romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts as Grace, a southern housewife who kicks out her philandering husband, Eddie (Dennis Quaid), and tries to remember when she stopped having a life of her own. Only then does it dawn on him what a stupid move he made, and he spends the rest of the movie trying to win Grace back. A great cast amplifies the story (by Callie Khouri, Oscar-winning writer of THELMA AND LOUISE), with an especially fine performance from Kyra Sedgwick as Emma Rae, Grace's outspoken younger sister.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Widescreen Anamorphic - 1.85
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1- English
Dolby Digital 5.1- French
Additional Release Material:
Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Theatrical release: August 4, 1995.
Filmed on location in Georgia and South Carolina.
The film had an opening weekend box office gross of $11.1 million, and ultimately took in a respectable $50.8 million at the US box office.
Industry Reviews
"...Roberts' steady, sharply observed performance keeps things touchingly real..."
Rolling Stone - p.108 - Peter Travers
"...Unique....The movie retains its viewer's sympathy..."
Sight and Sound - p.52-3 - Peter Matthews
"...Casting Sedgwick as Roberts' sister is inspired..."
USA Today - p.4D - Mike Clark
"...[The film] has its share of laughs and entertainingly ticklish situations....Duvall loads his glances and line readings with amusing doses of scorn and superiority..."
Variety - Todd McCarthy
"...[The directors'] collaboration gives the film a welcome off-center feeling, a human tempo and pacing that emphasize character whenever possible..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (08/04/1995)
"...This is an intelligent, quirky human story that finds room not only for the remarkable expanse of Julia Roberts' character but also for several other well-developed characters..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (08/04/1995)
Quotations
"I may have fooled around a little bit, but I've never cheated."--Wyly King (Robert Duvall)
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