Don McManus, Jason Robards, Jeremy Blackman
A handful of people in the San Fernando Valley are having one hell of a day. TV mogul Earl Partridge (Jason Robards) is on his deathbed; his trophy wife (Julianne Moore) is popping pills with alarming...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 25, 2000
Stats: 10,290 reviews
For me, this is maybe the most overrated film ever made! Tom Cruise's performance is cringingly awful. Only William H. Macy it seems is acting, and, I'm sorry, but the 'frog rain' ending is not a clever twist, It really annoys me thinking about it, I have so many reasons why I h...( read more)
After a really amusing and curious beginning with three short stories of unbelievable coincidences, this ensemble drama requires quite some patience from the audience over its three hours. There are mostly just conversations, scenes switch from character to character with little ...( read more)
A dazzling epic of coincidence and fate during one day in the San Fernando Valley. This opens with a short story about some "true-life" examples of coincidence designed to show us that these things can't "just happen" and that there must be more to it than that. It then flies int...( read more)
A little too long and a little too clever for it's own good. Magnolia is full of terrific performances and complex emotion. PTA's script effortlessly dances from one thread to another. I didn't really appreciate this until a 2nd viewing.
One of those character's lives intersect films that works exceedingly well. One of Cruise's best performances. Will stop to watch it anytime I find it on cable.
Uno dei rari casi in cui abbia apprezzato anche Tom Cruise.
Epica la scena delle rane.
a magnificent movie that encapulates you and takes you on a wondrous ride.
DIDN'T GET THE POINT, may be i will rate it higher when i see it again. what a hell should i understand from that freaky rain.
A masterpiece of suspense, humor, and heartbreak. A real roller coaster ride of a film.
Yu could spend three hours snickering at Anderson's 'What the World Needs Now Is Aimee Mann' metaphysic. But his vision cuts deeper than a lot of folky bathos. full review
Magnolia makes it three-for-three for writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson full review
Magnolia is the kind of film I instinctively respond to. Leave logic at the door. Do not expect subdued taste and restraint, but instead a kind of operatic ecstasy. full review
I started watching this movie at, like, 12:31 a.m. I was not expecting to get all the way through it in one sitting. But I did.
Magnolia is one of my top 10 all time favs but how can you compare PT Anderson with Tarantino?!?! They have a different style!
Im a PT Anderson fan but im also a Tarantino fan..I refuse to say which one is best!
My second favorite film,its just great,the music its amaizing the characters,all of them are great,but the one that surprised my was Tom Crouise,in this movie you can see he is not just a "pretty face".
"These things happen every day"
No, they don't. These things do not happen every day. Seeing the 2nd greatest film of all-time doesn't happen everyday. It doesn't happen every month. But when it does happen, you will know.
My outdated dictionary's definition of ambition is "An eager desire for distinction, preferment, power, or fame." These nine words can be replaced by one: MAGNOLIA. But enough of my ranting and on to the review.
A game show. An interview. A date. A trip to the bar. A quest for redemption. A quest for suicide. These stories are all linked together, but they never fully come together. Some characters never meet and shouldn't because it make the film seem too full. (And Tom Cruise and Julianne Moore on the same screen would cause the world to implode.) Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the brilliant director behind Boogie Nights, perfectly crafts this dramatic epic. Dylan Techinor deserved an Oscar for this brilliant editing. Each frame slides to the next with ease. Jon Brion deserved an Oscar for his score. Similar to a Philip Glass work, it feels as if we are approaching something, something that will have the viewer talking about it the next day.
Granted that the film is not for everyone. With 3 morality tales, a musical number, a biblical event, and a running time of three hours, it's a film, that tests a viewer's patience. Despite this, Anderson's direction and script are so grand, that even if you don't like the movie, you can recognize any praise and love it receives. It makes you laugh, cry, and just smile at the pure absurdity of life, It has the greatest cast ever put together for a film. Tom Cruise gives the best performance in the film, of his career, and the best supporting performance of the 90s. He completely inhabits this character and a lesser actor wouldn't be able to handle the emotional range of this character. William H. Macy perfectly inhabits the pathetic attitude of the character, John C. Reilly and Phi
This is the most confusing, weirdest, stupidest movie i have ever seen! And i thought tom cruise only stared in good movies!!
I LOOOVE IT, Ok, it is long, anyway I love the drama, and the end, its amazing! i LOVE HOW THE STORIES CONNECT, BUT THIS TECHNIQUE HAVE BEEN USED SO MANY TIMES.. Amores Perros, 21 Grams, 13 Conversations about one thing... etcc..
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