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Small-town gossip and a battle of the sexes should really add up to more than Something to Talk About, especially with this much talent before the camera. Read critic reviews

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Grace 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.

Cast & Crew

Julia Roberts
Grace King Bichon
Dennis Quaid
Eddie Bichon
Robert Duvall
Wyly King
Gena Rowlands
Georgia King
Kyra Sedgwick
Emma Rae King
Brett Cullen
Jamie Johnson
Haley Aull
Caroline "Doodlebug" Bichon
Muse Watson
Hank Corrigan
Anne Shropshire
Aunt Rae
Lasse Hallström
Director
Anthea Sylbert
Producer
Paula Weinstein
Producer
William S. Beasley
Producer
Goldie Hawn
Executive Producer
Graham Preskett
Original Music
Hans Zimmer
Original Music
Sven Nykvist
Cinematographer
Mia Goldman
Film Editor
Marion Dougherty
Casting
Mel Bourne
Production Design
Roberta J. Holinko
Set Decoration
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
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Audience Reviews for Something to Talk About

  • Aug 24, 2009
    Adorable movie. Lots of good acting. The relationship between Roberts' and Sedgwick's characters reminded me of my sister and I's.
    Erin C Super Reviewer
  • Apr 08, 2009
    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,... 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.
    Martin D Super Reviewer
  • May 25, 2008
    I liked this mainly because of Julia Roberts and Kyra Sedgwick and their relationship.
    Sunil J Super Reviewer
  • Jan 20, 2008
    Quite a downer of a movie for a 90's Julia Roberts! It's not awful, and generally I like small town settings and I'm not someone who thinks movies need to be "nice" either, as that's not how life is. I don't know why I really couldn't take to this that much. The cast are good (well, aside from the daughter. Geez. I actually wondered if she was meant to be special needs in her earlier scenes, but , no, just bad acting it seems).
    Nicki M Super Reviewer
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