Lasse Hallstrom (THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, MY LIFE AS A DOG) directs this romantic comedy in which Julia Roberts plays Grace, a decent but naive southern woman who, happening to drive by her husband, Eddie (Dennis Quaid), one afternoon, is shocked to discover him locked in a passionate embrace, in public, with another woman. She immediately confronts her errant hubby, setting the town gossips' tongues wagging, and moves back in with her wealthy parents, provoking reactions from her imperious dad (Robert Duvall), who believes that a wife's duty is to stand by her man, and her sarcastic sister, Emma Rae (Kyra Sedgwick), who thinks that the bum got what he deserved. Soon Grace has caused a town scandal by openly questioning anyone who may have had an affair with Eddie and also starts to unearth problems in her parents' relationship. The film is ultimately a story about women who attempt reconciliation with their cheating spouses by exploring a new set of rules on their own terms. The screenplay is by Callie Khouri, the Academy Award- winning screenwriter of THELMA AND LOUISE.

Theatrical release: August 4, 1995.

Filmed on location in Georgia and South Carolina.

The film had an opening weekend box office gross of $11.1 million, and ultimately took in a respectable $50.8 million at the US box office.

Excerpt: "I may have fooled around a little bit, but I've never cheated."--Wyly King (Robert Duvall)

DVD Features:

Region 1
Snap Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Full Frame - 1.33
Letterbox - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1- English
Dolby Digital 5.1- French
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
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Julia Roberts: Oscar-winning American actress, ERIN BROCKOVICH
Dennis Quaid: American actor, FREQUENCY (2000)
Robert Duvall: American Actor/Director
Gena Rowlands: Actress, GLORIA (1980), A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Kyra Sedgwick: American Actress
Brett Cullen: American TV/Film Actor
Muse Watson: Actor, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (1997)

Lasse Hallstrom: Swedish Director

Anthea Sylbert: 
Paula Weinstein: Producer

Callie Khouri: Screenwriter - "Thelma & Louise"

Hans Zimmer: Composer
Graham Preskett: 

Mia Goldman: 

"...Casting Sedgwick as Roberts' sister is inspired..."
"...[The film] has its share of laughs and entertainingly ticklish situations....Duvall loads his glances and line readings with amusing doses of scorn and superiority..."
"...This is an intelligent, quirky human story that finds room not only for the remarkable expanse of Julia Roberts' character but also for several other well-developed characters..."
"...Roberts' steady, sharply observed performance keeps things touchingly real..."
"...Unique....The movie retains its viewer's sympathy..."
"...[The directors'] collaboration gives the film a welcome off-center feeling, a human tempo and pacing that emphasize character whenever possible..."