Centered on a layered performance by Glenn Close as a doctor...

Full Review | Sep 29, 2022

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.

Full Review | Jun 13, 2010

An imaginatively constructed soap-opera with a high-powered cast, this film follows several narrative threads, all involving unfulfilled Los Angeles women who find inner peace after learning there are worse things than loneliness.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 13, 2010

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 in its writing and visual style.

Full Review | Aug 5, 2008

The film has its weak points -- most notably the cartoonish character of Nancy ... -- but as a showcase for quiet, nuanced acting, it can't be beat.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 21, 2006

Garcia excels at eliciting strong performances throughout and maintaining a consistent mood poised delicately between wry comedy and more serious contemplation of contemporary American female lives.

Full Review | Feb 9, 2006

I ignored the description of the movie and just went in knowing that Cameron Diaz was supposed to be amazing. I was not disappointed, in fact, I was pleasantly surprised.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 25, 2005

...an intelligent and well-acted flick...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 1, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2002

Aplausos de pie. Hay tanto que ver y que decir en esta serie de historias, que merece no slo una mirada, sino varias, y dignamente ganadas...

Full Review | Original Score: 90 | Jul 3, 2002

Unfortunately, the peaceful pacing turns out to be a bit of a drag by the halfway mark, making the movie seem longer than it actually is, and Garcia's natural lighting isn't always the most flattering.

Full Review | Jun 5, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 51/100 | Aug 9, 2001

Full Review | Aug 3, 2001

For every moment that sags, there are three or four that stand out as the kind of thing we never get to see in movies.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 3, 2001

I can tell she doesn't eat enough.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 21, 2001

What does it say when a picture like Rodrigo Garcia's lovingly detailed Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, which won the first-time writer-director a prize at Cannes last year, doesn't make it to theaters in this country?

Full Review | Mar 9, 2001

Full Review | Original Score: 51/100 | Jan 1, 2000

Lo ms fuerte del filme es la estupenda caracterizacin de sus actrices, quienes logran imprimirle a sus personaje la fuerza y complejidad emocional que requieren

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Garcia keeps these stories provocative and moving at a fast-pace.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jan 1, 2000