Magnolia

Pros: Extremely well made movie
Cons: None!

Magnolia is a film which explores several dramatic events as they occur simultaneously to a series of characters. Magnolia is composed of one extreme situation after another, where all characters suffer from some form of personal crisis. Consisting of...

Pros: Cruise, Hoffman, Macy and the rest of the cast. Interesting and well done editing and directing.
Cons: Long. Explicit language. Sometimes confusing. Depends on suspension of disbelief.

It took me 24 hours to come up with the title of this review. I knew that once I had written the title the review wouldn’t be too far behind. I realized I could not write a sentence of this until I perfected a title that briefly gives you, and me, some...

Pros: masterpiece
Cons: few flaws

There is the story of a dying man, his young wife, his caretaker, and his lost son. There is also the story of a boy genius, a former boy genius, the game show host, his wife, their daughter, and the policeman in love. And then there is the story that...

Pros: Outstanding screenplay; stellar acting
Cons: Symbolic overkill; slow in certain parts

Is it enough to appreciate the art of moviemaking without really understanding or liking a film? In PT Anderson's new movie, attended with 3 other people having varying opinions ranging from "hated it" to "depressing and strange" to...

Pros: Tom Cruise is unbeatable with Austin Power's MoJo working for him
Cons: You'll laugh when maybe you shouldn't

Wow! Just stretched a little after sitting through more than two and a half hours of taxing melodrama that really put me through the wringer; emotionally, that is.

Protagonist Tom Cruise is fantastic in this roller-coaster of a movie that dips...

Pros: It kept my attention. I wanted to see what weird thing would happen next.
Cons: It was way too long.

So, I am on my first date with this new guy that I, by the way, met on the Internet here, and he suggests this movie called Magnolia. I say, "I haven't heard of it, but sure. It has Tom Cruise, how bad can it be?"

Well, it was...

Pros: All star cast, splendid acting
Cons: The screenplay

With an all-star cast of respected actors, I expected much more from Magnolia. Although, well-acted, the movie leaves me with the impression the director is relying on the actors' ability instead of the story. Never have I seen such outstanding...

Pros: Excellent acting and clever intertwining story lines
Cons: Too long, and too depressing

My friends highly recommended Magnolia and were raving about its biblical scenes and intertwining story lines. But frankly, I refuse to give a movie a high rating because of 'deeper' qualities that I apparently failed to see, or because it is the...

Pros: Solid acting, good cinematography
Cons: The unbearable length of this movie

Is Magnolia different? Certainly. Does that make it good? Definitely not. Simply put, "Magnolia" is a mess. Director Paul Thomas Anderson snared some of the best actors working today and put together a beautiful collage that falls apart...

Pros: A+ Writing, Directing, Cast
Cons: Some will find it too long, or too different

Once again PT Anderson has proved that film school and screenwriting classes are not necessary to be a cinematic genius. Tossing aside general conventions of classical Hollywood cinema, Anderson tells stories of characters that seem so real. Each...

Pros: Engaging story, great actors, interesting plots
Cons: A tad long, a lot going on, Tom Cruise in briefs

When I first saw a trailer for "Magnolia" several months ago, I was confused by it. It was just a series of people introducing themselves. I said, "Um. Okay. Whatever," and thought little else about it.

Many moons later,...

Pros: Top notch cast
Cons: Long, disjointed, pointless

When I went to the movies today, I chose Magnolia because the trailers make it appear to be a puzzle. I generally like movies that I must piece together with a culmination of events at the end. Magnolia, while it is certainly a puzzle, was NOT the...

Pros: WONDERFUL SCORE.. the music ( not the soundtrack) Was FABULOUS.. Funny at times Heartwrenching at others, so bring kleenex
Cons: Very long, but well worth it, cant figure out why they named it Magnolia

I was not intending to see this movie at all, but Girl Interuppted was sold out right as I was getting ready to buy a ticket.

Little did I know, i was getting ready to relive Alanis Morrisette's song.. 'Ironic'

Im not going to...

Pros: A truly remarkable creative movie
Cons: If you don't pay close attention you will be lost and very vulgar language

"We may be through with the past, but the past may not be through with us" This is one of the overlying themes in the movies Magnolia. Even if we've covered something up and believed that it is made to no longer exist, it's still there and...

Pros: Technical innovation; cinematic expression; depth of acting balanced between several protagonists
Cons: Slightly protracted ending

There’s nothing like some good Old Testament divine intervention to slake this Y2K panic. While Boogie Nights served a perverse ensemble of lives in descent, P.T Anderson’s new circus adds retribution to his rings of voyeurism and pathos.

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