Jason Robards,
Julianne Moore,
Philip Baker Hall,
Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Tom Cruise
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An epic mosaic of several interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
DVD Release Date: July 25, 2000
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February 7, 2010"You can forget the past, but the past won't forget you."
Quite a briliant film that has a lot to offer, and is what I believe to be an educational piece of cinema by Paul Thomas Anderson.
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January 22, 2010"I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life. And maybe I'll make some clunkers, maybe I'll make some winners, but I guess the way that I really feel is that Magnolia is, for better or worse, the best movie I'll ever make."
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September 16, 2009For 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)
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September 4, 2009After 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)
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February 8, 2010I saw this when it first came out and I was in high school. So to be fair I should propbably re-watch it because this times were different and more importantly, I was diferent.
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January 31, 2010This is one of the only films that featured Tom Cruise (except Top Gun and MI1+2) which didn't make me which I owned a garrotte.
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January 31, 2010The movie was released in a Christmas season and people liked it. I suppose they really enjoyed all the humanities as we have in the movie. It is composed of some miscellaneous low-chance stories and they get interesting little by little. By the way, What the number "82" mean is...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
March 22, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
January 15, 2002
David Edelstein, Slate
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
May 10, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Magnolia makes it three-for-three for writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson full review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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
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December 1, 2008I 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.
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January 29, 2008Magnolia is one of my top 10 all time favs but how can you compare PT Anderson with Tarantino?!?! They have a different style!
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November 4, 2007
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".
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September 16, 2007"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 -
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September 18, 2006This is the most confusing, weirdest, stupidest movie i have ever seen! And i thought tom cruise only stared in good movies!!
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September 14, 2006I 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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