A Girl Thing

This movie had all the necessary criterion for a great piece, and I was really looking forward to watching it. It had a decent plot and a very well known cast. Unfortunately, I was horrribly disappointed. The script and the development of the characters were just terrible. The characters were shallow, and I had a great deal of trouble developing any interest in their lives. I had to turn it off midway through one of the stories because I was so bored. I never ended up finishing the full series, because I simply lost all interest. I really wish I could have seen something a little better from this cast and plot.

It's a rather emotional film, I only saw the last three parts but I really liked it. Trust me, it's one great production which you will enjoy. The second story has a rather unexpected ending. It could bring tears to anybody, it's a very interesting subject which might make you realize some things which maybe you have missed in the rush of life. The third story is fantastic. I loved it. It could be true for any of us. The last story is ... scary I guess, but not totally unreal. All the stories are about feelings that we all of the people share. We sometimes show them, sometimes hide them, sometimes ignore them, but we all have them in our daily lives: love, hate, betrayal, revenge, a drop of madness, solitude...and at the end of the day the bottom line is we all need help, just a little push in the right direction and someone to understand you.

I aborted viewing this abomination of a script within the first 10 minutes--although the writing was on the wall only after a minute or two. In a nutshell, this film is an egregious waste of top talent-and everyone's time, no matter how much of a fan you are of any one of the consummate actresses. They deserve much better, and it proves the fact that even a top rate performer cannot make up for a horrible script.

Definitely a girl movie! It dealt with issues that would interest women. So being a girl i liked it very much. I enjoyed the second and fourth hour the most. It takes you through four very different situations from relationships to family to craziness. You wouldn't have to watch all four hours at the same time because they don't really relate to each other or rather they don't depend on each other. Watching it all at the same time could possibly tire you some. The cast was great and it was such an all-star cast at that. Allison Janney, Camryn Manheim, and Stockard Channing do an amazing job along with the others.

Most astute U.S. movie viewers have recognized the talents and skills of the excellent Stockard Channing. More gratifying than seeing her quality finally recognized with the rolls she has played in both "A Girl Thing" (TV mini series)and in the White House centered series is the appearance of the former series as an entire movie available in both VHS and DVD in video stores nationwide. As a psychiatrist whose patients are mostly women she serves as the hub through which the four different patient centered episodes revolve.

Although the first three would result in a "good" movie, we are not let off or let down by that being the case. In the forth and final episode Channing (the "doctor") figures not just peripherally as the center but is the main character around which the drama unfolds. Confronted by an intelligent and dangerously angry patient, the doctor fails to establish any healthy connection and terminates the patient. This soon results in a violent confrontation, which puts the doctor, another patient and a few others in an explosively dangerous situation in the psychiatrist's office. Channing herself is challenged to justify all that she has done, is doing and believes in concerning people in general and her professional relationships with them in particular.

Does she make a good showing for herself? Is anyone hurt, and, if so how badly?

Watch the movie and find out.