A Girl Thing (TV 2001)

A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to one star per hour. Hour one deals with a ... See full summary »

Director:

Lee Rose

Writer:

Lee Rose

Stars:

Kate Capshaw, Stockard Channing, Rebecca De Mornay

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kate Capshaw	...	Casey Montgomery
Stockard Channing	...	Dr. Beth Noonan
Rebecca De Mornay	...	Kim McCormack
Mia Farrow	...	Betty McCarthy
Elizabeth Franz	...	Josephine McCormack
Irma P. Hall	...	Alice (Housekeeper)
Linda Hamilton	...	Rachel Logan
Glenne Headly	...	Helen McCormack
Allison Janney	...	Kathy McCormack
Tina Lifford	...	Sharon
Elle Macpherson	...	Lauren Travis
Camryn Manheim	...	Suzanne Nabor
Margo Martindale	...	May
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Lani (Co-worker)
Kelly Rowan	...	Claire

Storyline

A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to one star per hour. Hour one deals with a woman not capable of having a relationship. Hour Two is about sisters who hate each other, trying to get along one last time. Hour Three is about adultery.

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Plot Keywords:

therapist | kissing | lesbian | female nudity | pregnancy | 

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Taglines:

Sex, love, relationships, family... It's enough to drive you crazy.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 January 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Affaires de femmes

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hallmark, Lee Rose Productions, Showtime Networks

Technical Specs

Runtime:

237 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Gary Tucker: I don't know why I had sex with Tipper Gore.
Dr. Beth Noonan: Gary, you dream about having sex with everyone. It's why you're here. It's one of your problems. Why should it be so strange to dream about Tipper Gore?
Gary Tucker: Well, I'd like to think I had some standards.
Dr. Beth Noonan: Tipper Gore is a very attractive woman.
Gary Tucker: She's not my type.
Dr. Beth Noonan: Oh. So being a sex addict does not preclude being sexually discriminating?
Gary Tucker: No, er... yes, absolutely. I mean, when I see people on the street, I only undress those that I find attractive. Now ...
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Connections

Features The Jerry Springer Show (1991)

User Reviews

Not great, but not horrible

How's that for a summary? I watched this miniseries on dvd last night, mostly because of the cast list. It's four separate stories, tied together by Stockard Channing as a psychiatrist who treats someone in each segment. The first hour is "the lesbian hour" with Kate Capshaw and Elle McPherson. The second hour has Rebecca DeMornay, Allison Janney and Glenn Headley as bickering sisters. The third hour (which, I'll admit I only watched 20 minutes of) stars Mia Farrow, Lynne Whitfield, and Linda Hamilton. The final hour centers around Stockard Channing, her secretary (played by S. Epatha Merkerson) and two patients, Camryn Manheim and Peta Wilson. Sprinkled throughout the entire program is Margo Martindale as the neighborhood coffeehouse owner. All four parts were written and directed by Lee Rose. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being high), I'd rate them as follows: Part 1, 5; Part 2, 7; Part 3 (what I saw), 2; Part 4, 8. The acting across the board is a little stiff, almost like it were a filmed play. And the writing is ultra-predictable. Yet, I still found myself engrossed (except for part 3). My favorite part of segment 4 was seeing Peta Wilson in a role about as completely opposite as one could get from her best-known role of ass-kicking, girl-spy Nikita. Other standouts are Channing, Janney, and Manheim. All in all, an interesting psychological drama.

(Note: The dvd does not have a menu or chapter search capabilities, so if you stop somewhere in the middle, make note of where you are so you can forward ahead to that point when you get back to watching.)