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  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 49 m

Summary Five loosely intertwined stories of the emotional issues facing individual middle-aged Angelenas are presented. In "This Is Dr. Keener", physician Elaine Keener is spending the day taking care of her invalid mother at home on the nurse's day off. Elaine, a scientist, seeks confirmation on what may be a turning point issue in her life by ...

Directed By: Rodrigo García

Written By: Rodrigo García

  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • 1 h 49 m

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Five loosely intertwined stories of the emotional issues facing individual middle-aged Angelenas are presented. In "This Is Dr. Keener", physician Elaine Keener is spending the day taking care of her invalid mother at home on the nurse's day off. Elaine, a scientist, seeks confirmation on what may be a turning point issue in her life by ...

Directed By: Rodrigo García

Written By: Rodrigo García

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Glenn Close

Dr. Elaine Keener (segments "This is Dr. Keener" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")

Cameron Diaz

Carol Faber (segment "Love Waits For Kathy")

Calista Flockhart

Christine Taylor (segments "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine" and "This is Dr. Keener")

Kathy Baker

Rose (segments "Someone For Rose" and "Fantasies about Rebecca")

Amy Brenneman

Detective Kathy Faber (segment "Love Waits For Kathy")

Valeria Golino

Lilly (segment "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine")

Holly Hunter

Rebecca Waynon (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")

Matt Craven

Walter (segments "Fantasies About Rebecca" and "Love Waits For Kathy")

Gregory Hines

Robert (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")

Miguel Sandoval

Sam (segment "Love Waits For Kathy"

Noah Fleiss

Jay (segment "Someone For Rose")

Danny Woodburn

Albert (segments "Someone For Rose" and "Love Waits For Kathy")

Penelope Allen

Nancy (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")

Roma Maffia

Debbie (segments "Fantasies About Rebecca" and "Love Waits For Kathy")

Mika Boorem

June (segments "Love Waits For Kathy" and "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine")

Irma St. Paule

Elaine's Mother (segment "This is Dr. Keener")

Juanita Jennings

Nurse (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")

Laura Leigh Hughes

Receptionist (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")

Erik King

Police Officer (segment "Love Waits For Kathy")

Elpidia Carrillo

Carmen Alba

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Richly imagined, gracefully written and delicately realized. [10 Mar 2001, p.F15]
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A delicate gem.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
80
Eloquent, understated film.
By Caryn James FULL REVIEW
75
García apparently prefers ambiguity, implying all sorts of heavy backstory for each of his leads but leaving the details vague, and he lets his actresses carry the baggage in their performances alone.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
75
Things isn't linear, and it isn't all that lively. But it captures the experience of some modern women, and it feels from the heart.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
70
A collection of five femme-oriented vignettes that are not intricately linked dramatically but overlap characters, this observant, emotionally acute drama is distinguished by a pronounced poetic sensibility.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
70
If the stories sometimes use Creative Writing 101 devices (like a quasi-prophetic homeless woman), the total effect is as spare and haunting as the film's arid, beautifully shot setting.
By James Poniewozik FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Franchise Pictures, Avnet/Kerner Productions, LTZ II Inc.
Release Date Jan 22, 2000
Duration 1 h 49 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Their faces only begin to tell the story.
Website http://www.mgm.com/thingsyoucantell/
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Nomination

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