Rating: 
Summary: Politically correct, but bland...
Review: As much as I admire what this movie tries to be, the end result is not terribly impressive. This series of 3 short stories deals with various lesbian issues over a span of time. The first story is about an elderly lesbian couple and the lack of legal rights for same-sex partners. The second story is about "being yourself" and draws an interesting parallel between the women's group that excludes the lesbians (because they're too radical) and the lesbians who exclude the cross-dresser. The final story is about two lesbian Yuppies who want to have a baby and mostly consists of Sharon Stone dancing around in her pajamas and being "wacky."Although these are all interesting issues, the movie itself is strictly by-the-numbers. There's nothing original or creative about any of this; the acting is mediocre, the dialogue is mediocre, the cinematography is mediocre... it's more of an exercise in pro-lesbian propaganda than an actual movie. Mind you, I agree with everything it's saying, but that doesn't change the fact that this is a film that plays it TOO safe. All our protagonists are flawless, endearing people, while all the "normal" heterosexual people are ugly, narrow-minded, and hypocritical. Also, the lesbians are all slim and attractive while the heterosexuals are all overweight. It's this sort of thing that makes you realize that "If These Walls Could Talk 2" isn't nearly as progressive as it would like to be. Here is a film that takes no real chances and has no real passion for any of its characters. A bad movie is a bad movie, no matter how positive the message that it's trying to convey.
Rating: 
Summary: Across the years
Review: I thought this movie was wonderful with something to appeal to the senses in each of the three segments. It may sound a bit cliched but during this movie I cried, laughed and got annoyed, all intense emotions. The first segment with Vanessa Redgrave was the most appealing to me. It captures the poignancy of losing a life time partner while still examining the heart breaking reality of having to live a secret for a whole life time. The middle segment was the hardest for me to appreciate. I am so tired of women trying to "outlesbian" each other that I spent a lot of time feeling annoyed, but this is still a real issue. Divided camps of fems and butches, moderate and radical feminists still prevail. I disagree with some reviewers on the last segment. It was very funny at times and the relationship protrayed by Ellen Degeneres and Sharon Stone looked so real. Life can't be all serious and traumatic, the lightness of the last segment did not take away from the serious side of the challenges facing lesbians over the years A wonderful film!
Rating:
Summary: okay for what it is
Review: A nice set of homilies on prejudice, love and loss.
Good for the slight pieces they were but nothing in them made me want to see them again in a hurry.
Rating: 
Summary: An EXCELLENT buy for anyone...Lesbian or straight...
Review: I originally saw this movie on HBO and let me tell you, I have watched it every time it was on since then. It shows the lifestyles of lesbian couples in 1961, 1972, and 2000. I highly recommend this movie. It is very informative of how far society has come in terms of accepting this lifestyle. It will not disappoint you...!
Rating:
Summary: What would they have to say?
Review: The first story is the poignant tale of two elderly women and how one is left to cope with the untimely death of her partner of decades. Additionally, she is left to deal with the family members of her deceased partner while having no place to turn in her own grief. The second story is good for learning to accept people as they are and not trying to change them. The last is a good comedy about trying to get a baby in their life.
Rating:
Summary: Extremely interesting
Review: For any of you who saw "The Hours", you're going to see where the writer of that film/book got some of his timeline ideas. Not only did "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf influence him linearly, but so did this film, clearly. I saw "The Hours" first, now this and it features three stories throughout time that happen to occur in the same house. I didn't make the full connection until I saw Vanessa Redgrave and then I remembered her performance as Mrs. Dalloway. I am most interested in how the stories are told, although not in a single day like "Mrs. Dalloway" or "The Hours", yet I can't help but feel that this piece had a tremendous amount of influence over the style. Chloe` is beyond beauty in this film as well as in the film "Boys Don't Cry", except it was interesting to first see her in that movie as a very feminine woman, and in this one as the butch. She has a soft seductiveness either way that is extremely spell binding and captivating. I don't think I've ever seen a woman on screen so able to arouse with her silence and gentleness. Vanessa Redgrave also has such elegance, even in her grief, that her words and manner wins your heart just like she did in her other film as the character Mrs. Dalloway. Sharon Stone injects new hope into lesbians with her vivacious character who just is *so* in love with the witty Ellen Degenerous. The love scene between the two was a bit over powering, seeing Sharon in that position, I can only surmise what Ellen herself must have felt like during the filming. I'll bet when she got home Anne had some questions for her! I wondered, in hindsight, if those love scenes may have egged on Anne's stressful change of life? The fear of possibly "psychologically" or "emotionally" losing Ellen may have triggered her episode and created such anxiety and distress for her internally, exposing her fear of losing the one true love of her life. Seeing this, I feel it may have caused the entire collapse of their relationship and her sanity temporarily as other doors began to close, squeezing her out. Just an observation. Food for thought.
Rating:
Summary: If These Walls Could Talk 2
Review: This was a moving and emotional film. To have 3 stories in one which captures the life and love of 3 separate lesbian couples. The stories move through the 60's - 2000 highlighting the barriers woman have to go through to prove there love for each other. The most moving story was that of Ellen and Sharon Stone. Their love for each other was outstanding and the chemistry between them would make any lesbian proud. The love and passion portraid by Ellen and Sharron was overwhelming and shows how and why same sex marriages should be allowed and the love they can offer ot a child.
Rating:
Summary: Great value glad its on DVD
Review: A very moving and emotional first story based in 1961. I found it quite a tear jerker and sometimes skip it on consequent viewing. Watching it you understand how difficult it was for lesbians in the '60s to "come out". The second and third stories are a bit lighthearted but still have a good story-line and fine acting. All films show how attitudes have changed through the decades. I would definatley reccomend it.
Rating:
Summary: Good stories
Review: The first story in particular will touch the heart of any lesbian couple. It concerns 2 older women in the 60's who were together many years and had to be in the closet due to society. One partner dies and the other has the brutal aftermath to face, including having to pretend to her partner's family that they were just friends. All gay couples--please have a durable power of attorney, so your partner has a voice in what happens to you!... the second story, the 70's--very [explicit] scene between two lovely women! the third story--two women trying to conceive. Although enjoyable, Sharon Stone and Ellen Degeneres, lack sufficient chemistry.
Rating:
Summary: Ellen and Sharon ...
Review: The stories in IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK 2 are heart breaking and moving. I could not choose between the 1970's or the 2000 stories because I love Chloe as a butch but the sex scenes between Ellen and Sharon are INCREDIABLE! My poor DVD is worn out from me watching it so often.
| 
