Starring Cameron Diaz, Callista (Ally McBeal) Flockhart, Holly Hunter and Glen Close, this is a film reminiscent in some ways of Short Cuts and Magnolia. There are four overlapping stories, none of them particularly amazing, but all brilliantly acted and with such apparent spontaneity that they seem almost documentary-like in conviction they carry. Several controversial issues are capably tackled and the film (unlike Short Cuts or Magnolia) never really sags. The star line up suggests a blockbuster rather than an art-house movie, but Things You Can Tell is more for the connoisseur than someone seeking mainstream entertainment.
