it's just altman's short cuts revisited... for crying out loud... this films IS NOT A MASTERPIECE!
I really think that this is one of the most overrated film of the history of the cinema, don't have nothing against Anderson but I think is boring and innatural, forced, extremely american in his consideration of disgrace in life. Too pop. Absurdity: is much natural one thing like Inarritu's Amores Perros and has more real life, Magnolia is artificial. Nothing is comparable in a normal life. Too too forced.
I cannot begin to encapsulate all this film means to me, but suffice to say, it is one of the films that has shaped the way I thought, felt, and lived for quite some time now. An absolute masterpiece.
Sprawling epic unfolds while Amiee Mann croons. This film is a bitter wedding cake with sweet frosting and cherries.
It feels like artist had more freedom to have balls back in those days. Whatever happened to that feeling of daring? People could make it rain frogs back then! Am I just being nostalgic?
No, it's not just nostalgia, the independent film movement is dead and it'll take a complete breakdown and collapse of the current infantile and ultra-inflated blockbuster system and culture before we ever see anything like this again.
I just finished this movie and I am at a loss for words. From the phenomenal story arc, to the characters, and the way they all tie in together, it's just amazing. PTA has a knack for this kind of stuff, and the way he portrays his vision on the big screen is incredible. He doesn't give two shits what you think, his films are done his way, which makes them perfect. I will be thinking about this movie for days to come
This movie is once in a lifetime and only a director like Paul Thomas Anderson can make it. Its long but ambitious story is this film’s greatest strength along with the strong performances by its cast, especially Tom Cruise and the always amazing Julianne Moore.
PTA's best film by far and one the best films of the 90's. The performances, especially Cruise and Reily, are right on the nose. I love how Anderson breaks the film apart, using Aimee Mann's "Wise Up" as the interlude to the redemption(or lack there of for some) of the character. The opening sequence is one of my favorite ever commited to film. Superb, personal and, at times, heartbreaking. A beautiful film
It couldn't be anything other than a film. I love that like TWBB the opening, middle/majority, and conclusion of the film are total contrasts in tone, logic, and method, yet somehow congeal into something cohesive. Pretentious and melodramatic and utterly magical.
Anderson said it was his best, and after There Will Be Blood, it still is his best.
It's not bad, and Cruise and Moore completely own this movie, but it's far too…much, really. Too much ambition can be a bad thing.
Magnolia is a spectacular failure, pitch perfect except for a film-crippling performance by Tom Cruise (whose only skill as an actor is extreme charisma).
By far one of Paul Thomas Anderson's most accomplished films and one in which an older Tom Cruise returns to his brilliant early career with a performance that is as brilliant as it is revealing of the inner Frank Mackey living inside him. There are wonderful, nuanced performances through out this film and it stands the test of time as well as the scrutiny of multiple viewings. If you haven't seen this one, why not?
One of my all time favourites, despite the fact that there is at least one person crying in every single scene.
Beautiful, emotional, resonant, stunningly well-acted, directed and written, perfect. Truly perfect. In my opinion, there isn't a wrong note in it's entire 3 hour runtime. A true contemporary cinematic masterpiece.
