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This is one of my favourite films. This is an excellent story. It is one which can and does touch each of us, makes you feel angry, sad, uplifted, valued, its a deep film which has many levels. A super cast. Their does not seem to be one member which does not give their all. Julianne Moore and Tom Cruise are brilliant This film has a breathtaking and appropriate musical soundtrack. I understand that the film was built around the music of Aimee Mann and it definitely completes the movie. It is worth listening to in its own right. Would I recommend this movie I have positively encouraged family and friendsto watch it. This is heart wrenching in every way. Excuse the cliché but must see movie.
I like films that have a bit of a kick to them like Crash recent version and House of Fog and Sand,Magnolia fits into this catergory and does exactly what it says on the cover it entertains..there is a great all round cast headed by Mr Tom Cruise.. I am glad that i have this to my vast film collection it's a film that never ages and will always entertain. Highly reccomended..
With Magnolia, director Paul Thomas Anderson has segued into the realm of the three hour movie. It's an ambitious step to take - making lengthy, ensemble movies with tangentially related and occasionally interconnected storylines can be a risky endeavor, both creatively and financially. When it works and everything snaps into focus, the rewards can be great, but when it fails, the finished product often looks worse than the mangled wreckage of a head-on car crash. Fortunately, Anderson has a deft hand when it comes to filmmaking, and this project does not tax his talent beyond the breaking point. Magnolia is a fascinating and worthwhile motion picture that manages to keep viewers interested in the plights of ten different characters for nearly its full length - right up to and through the improbable climax. Anderson is one of only a few recent directors who has shown growth in each of his first three outings. His motion picture debut, Hard Eight, was an intriguing but uneven character study of an older man and his surrogate son. Boogie Nights pulled no punches in chronicling the rise and fall of a top porn star during the late '70s and early '80s. Now, Magnolia presents a slice-of-life look at a group of characters whose fates are intertwined even though their paths don't necessarily intersect during the course of this film. One can argue whether Boogie Nights or Magnolia is the more accomplished feature, but there's no debating that Magnolia represents the greater challenge. It also features one of the most audacious plot developments ever to grace the silver screen. Anderson does something so outrageous during the film's final 30 minutes that jaws will drop throughout the theater. In order to get a sense of where Magnolia is going, it is necessary to introduce the various characters. At the center of events is Earl Partridge (Jason Robards), a television producer who, stricken by cancer, lies on his deathbed. His young wife, Linda (Julianne Moore), is desolate with grief and guilt, and has trouble coping with her impending loss. His estranged son, Frank Mackey (Tom Cruise), the charismatic guru of the "Seduce and Destroy" lifestyle, has worked hard to sever all connections with Earl. His nurse, Phil Parma (Philip Seymour Hoffman), seeks to fulfill his employer's dying wish and reunite him with Frank. Meanwhile, Jimmy Gator (Philip Baker Hall), who is the host of Earl's most popular TV show, the long-running "What Do Kids Know?", also has terminal cancer. Like Earl and Frank, a rift exists between him and his child. When he attempts a reconciliation with Claudia (Melora Walters), she rebuffs him. Later, she embarks on a strange relationship with a gentle but ineffectual police officer, Jim Kurring (John C. Reilly). And Jimmy must explain to his wife, Rose (Melinda Dillon), why Claudia hates him so intensely. At the same time, Stanley Spector (Jeremy Blackman), a child genius on Jimmy's show, finds that the only way to get his father's attention is to win money. And, as Stanley continues to answer questions right, a former quiz show star, Donnie Smith (William H. Macy), watches the remains of his life go up in smoke. Together, these characters make up the leaves and branches of this tree. In essence, Magnolia deals with the effects of physical and spiritual cancer on individuals and families. Earl and Jimmy, who are in many ways mirror images of each other, are afflicted with both forms of the malady. And, while their bodies have preRead full review
Certainly Magnolia is an unusual film, but more to its credit for being so. Likewise not aiming for popularity, as a long and apparently, at first, disjointed storyline. However, besides the fine acting by most of the primary cast, the film really focuses on what is possible however improbable. From that premise the underlying storyline challenges the whole question of child abuse and its consequences. Depicting many of the different ways that ordinary living takes children for granted and exposes them to the various ways adults use children for their own agendas. A challenge to those in charge of children to look again and maybe consider their real intentions. A much needed and outstanding piece of work.
I MISSED THIS MOVIE AT THE CINEMA AND DECIDED TO BUY AND WATCH THE DVD, AND WAS AMAZED AT HOW GOOD THIS FILM ACTUALLY IS, A POWERFUL PERFORMANCE FROM TOM CRUISE, THERE ARE MANY STARS IN THIS FILM, FROM CENTRAL CHARACTERS TO CAMEOS, AND IT KEEPS YOU INTERESTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH, A RIVETING FILM FROM THE FIRSY OPENING SCENES DEPICTING COINCIDENCES AND CHANCE, I'M NOT SURPRISED IT WAS NOMINATED FOR 3 AWARDS, THIS IS AN UNMISSABLE WELL MADE FILM.
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