December 1, 2008
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.
User Comments for Magnolia
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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My outdated dictionary's definition of ambition is "An eager desire for distinction, preferment, power, or fame."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..
