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Summary: Fascinating and very real
Review: This movie is one you will think about for a long time.IT SHOWS WHERE OUR ASSUMPTIONS MAY BE ALL VERY WRONG:
There are several different stories, and you eventually see where all the various characters meet. However, it only goes to show how little we really know about the people around us. Or if we make assumptions, how terribly wrong we would be. VIGNETTES OF MANY LIVES AND A MOMENT IN TIME IN EACH:
You see the successful doctor in her loneliness, the whimsical card reader that is right on in her readings, while barely carrying on in her horribly tragic relationship. You see the blind woman and her sister, weaving their own makebelieve worlds around each other. The hard driving single woman in an impossible relationship, only reaching for even more impossible situations to comfort her. ONE CAUTION:
These stories are all somewhat depressing. How many times can we see how easy another's life seems on the surface, when we feel ours are so much more complicated and tragic. This is one movie that's own title tosses this in your face. Great movie.
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Summary: not just a chick flick!
Review: When i saw the all female cast and heard the Lilith fair soundtrack in the opening credits, i grimaced and thought - "oh no - a "chick flick" - boy, was i wrong. I was deeply touched by almost every individual story, they seemed to be both personal and univeral at the same time - particularly the one with Holly Hunter, as a single, proffesional woman involved in an unfullfilling relationship - it seemed to encapsulate so many issues faced by women (and men)in this day and age. This movie is similar to Magnolia - with its vignette style format and sad, quiet backdrop of Los Angeles - except its much better, avoid Magnolia at all costs - you will Rue the lost hours of your life! - Things you can tell by just looking at her is a far superior movie and will linger with you a long time.
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Summary: Hidden suprise
Review: With no Hollywood hype engine behind it this film could easily have been ignored. Don't ignore it. A neat menagarie of stories tied together in typical style by Holly Hunter. This is the type of smart indie like US film that ends up on Lifetime and you wonder why you never saw it without ads. This is a great date movie.
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Summary: The Title says it all.
Review: Wonderfully real episodic drama which looks at the crisis or turning point in the lives of seven women without being over sentimental. Elaine (Glen Close) is a doctor who is more concerned with the sound of the phone ringing, hoping it will be a male colleague she is keen on, than attending to her elderly mother. Christine (Calista Flockhart), a tarot reader, reveals Elaine's inner truths, hopes and fears. Coincidence maybe overplayed a little, when this story is resolved, but it still works. Single bank manager Rebecca (Holly Hunter) is having an affair with a married man. The successful career woman's life is put into perspective in the spectacular car park location by her smoking partner bag lady, who accuses her of being as lonely as a dog. - We don't get skies like that in Bromsgrove. Single mother Rose (Kathy Baker) has a new neighbour Albert, a dwarf. The human nature element of how people treat minority groups differently is not ignored and is well handled, as Rose gets the car door for Albert. Influenced by her sons' admission that he is 'always looking' and his unsubtle comments about dwarfs, Rose becomes more intrigued with Albert. The more light hearted tone of this episode gives the film the right overall balance given the stories it is sandwiched between. Christine's personal life shows her looking after her dying lover Lily (Valerie Golino) during her final times. The sadness is forgotten momentarily as she tells her story of sucking a canary out of the birdcage and into a vacuum cleaner when she was growing up. Then Lily makes her tell the story of when they first met at a party resulting in Christine's heart felt response and the films best scene. Calista steals the picture, later buys some canaries. Kathy (Amy Bremmeman) is a detective, living with her blind sister Carol (Cameron Diaz), who is working on the case involving episode wanderer Carmen. Carol's speculation about Carmen is cleverly analogous to her own relationship with Kathy. The scene where the dastardly Walter, a recent date, ignores Carol in a lift makes you feel bad. It can be a lot to absorb at once, I had to make myself focus during 'Love Waits for Kathy' near the end, but there are no weak episodes in this film. (It's been the one time I've used my scene selection facility on my dvd player to give each story a fresh start.) All the performances are excellent and the camera angles give the film something extra. One of the most impressive things is how the characters become so readable so quickly and there is not an ounce of filler or going through the motions. Look out for this one. It is not a feminist film
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