Movie review - "If These Walls Could Talk 2" (2001) **1/2

Three part anthology of stories about lesbians, all set in the one house over the years.
The first one, set in the early 1960s, is the story of a lesbian couple where one of them dies and the survivor (Vanessa Redgrave) cannot grieve or benefit financially from being a widow. It's a strong idea, but they could have tightened up the legal stuff - surely if she had records of paying rent she'd have some claim?
The third one set in 2000 is about a lesbian couple (Shaz Stone and Ellen De Generes) trying to have a baby. That's a bright idea but there isn't really a story - the couple just try to have a baby. If, say, they tried to have a baby with that gay couple, or they broke up or something there would have been some meat there, but it's just episodes in having a baby. It is brightly done, though, with some very funny lines (although written and directed by Anne Heche one can't feel Ellen had some input in the script).
The second story, set in the 1970s, is really good. Michelle Williams is a uni student who gets involved with a, shall we say, more traditional, i.e. butch lesbian (Chloe Sveginy). This is really strong stuff, dealing with the divides in the women's movement between feminism and lesbianism, and also the divides in the lesbian world between different social classes. There is enough here for a feature, so it seems a little undeveloped.