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28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertQuaid is just right as the guilty husband who somehow becomes the wounded party.
- 80Time OutTime OutFor the most part this is a pleasing, polished affair, honest enough to steer a compassionate middle course without succumbing to caricature or conservative sentimentality.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranSomething to Talk About is like a slow-simmering stew, the kind that flavors familiar ingredients with special herbs and spices. Those spices surely accomplish wonders, but underneath it all you are left with the usual culinary suspects.
- 67Austin ChronicleAustin ChroniclePerhaps the most satisfying aspect of this film is its lack of tidy closure. As in life, compromises are reached and battles continue.
- 60The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinIt's rambling and unfocused, but still fresh enough to break the usual Hollywood mold.
- 60TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineSomething to forget about. In this painfully contrived comedy of Southern manners, Julia Roberts's waning star power finally winks out.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumTack on a jarringly upbeat coda that looks like the kids at the studio demanded a ”happily ever after” ending before they would agree to put the picture to bed, and Something to Talk About becomes a safe, generic family story of no particular personality.
- 50VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyUnfortunately, the diverse elements introduced here don’t coalesce into a comfortable package, with much of the background action proving notably listless and unconvincing.
- 50Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonPart comedy of manners, and mostly gender warfare, "Something" is designed to get the partisan juices boiling. Screenwriter Callie Khouri, who wrote the marvelous "Thelma & Louise," has a gift for catching the oppression of women in everyday situations and putting a sanguine comic twist on it. But in her zeal to portray a world full of male scum, she creates a morally mismatched, pandering scenario.
- 50San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco ExaminerAs light comedy, Something to Talk About has some effective moments - including Eddie's interview with a hilariously cynical divorce lawyer, and virtually all the scenes with Sedgwick's Emma Rae. But director Lasse Hallstrom glazes the film with too much faux bluegrass music, and the equine fantasy-world of the King Ranch is so enveloping that it suffocates all aspirations to more serious drama.