Calista Flockhart comforts her dying lover with nostalgic memories of sexier times. Holly Hunter, as the bank manager who finds that she cannot control every aspect of life, retreats to the safety of a tidy apartment. Kathy Baker is surprised by her response to the new neighbour across the road, a dwarf who works at the hospital, after too long supporting her son through his teen years. Cameron Diaz is sharper than lemons, knowing the predatory instinct of men, anticipating them, even though she is blind, and yet still hurts when they lie to her. Garcia is that fool, who appears anything but, a man of integrity and sympathy, who recognises in small things the embryo of a greater sadness.
Isolation is endemic, it appears.
Beauty and charm, wit and humour, represent the first line of defence. Garcia investigates the second, where pretence lies bleeding and the abyss is exposed as another form of betrayal. Not every thing. Not the film. Copyright 1997-2001 insideout.co.uk.