Magnolia

Pros: Best acting and cinematography of the past five years
Cons: three hours, but what isn't?

Magnolia is a movie to judge other movies by. I know because I can't stop thinking about it. Many movies are funny, or sad, moving, or exciting. This movie is none of those things. And it is all of them. I HATE people in this movie, and I LOVE...

Pros: acting, script writing, storytelling, human touch
Cons: none

After seeing the movie trailer to "Magnolia" during the holidays I immediately put it in my "must see" list. The story seemed different, fresh and I like that sort of thing. It is complex at times but always engrossing....

Pros: Good direction, good acting
Cons: Same old stuff, Too long

Paul Thomas Anderson is the reason I watched Magnolia. It's always interesting to watch the creative talents of a "20 something" and this is no exception. While Anderson the director has done a commendable job, Anderson the story writer could...

Pros: Tom Cruise
Cons: very long.

I didn't know what to expect going into this film. What I got was 3 hours of my life sucked away... No, I am not talking about my date making it a very nice movie going experience, I am talking about the movie being long and drawn out. It was...

Pros: Great acting, nice soundtrack
Cons: Too long, lack of distinct resolution

Magnolia has some great acting, a strange story, and a peculiar beginning and ending. I wanted to like it; I knew it was a thinking person's film, and during the first hour and a half, I was excited at the interwoven stories of different peoples' lives....

Pros: Great acting
Cons: long and drawn out

As a extreme Tom Cruise fan I was disappointed overall with the movie, but not his acting. At the theatre where I work each showing tends to have 2-5 refunds due to the offensive nature which is displayed. Nine different stories are thrown together to...

Pros: Urban Legends weaved through
Cons: Ummm...almost everything, time, plot, characters...you name it

Ok, I might not be sophisticated enough to understand this movie, but to be frank, I hated it. I found it was a waste of 3 and a half hours out of my life and the 9 bucks it cost me to see it. The movie is kind of like a soap opera, following the lives...

Pros: Good cast
Cons: Too long and disjointed

Most good movies have more than one climatic scene. And these are introduced with music. Magnolia will make you think you're watching MTV. There is TOO MUCH MUSIC!! There are too many climatic scenes which never really get around to anything at...

Pros: Good off beat humor good directing
Cons: Very long

Paul Thomas Anderson is undoubtedly one of the most talented filmmakers working today. He has an ear for dialogue. He has an eye for cinematography. He has dramatic vision. However, his latest film proves that Hollywood's wunderkind is still lacking...

Pros: Awesome acting from Cruise, Hoffman, Moore......
Cons: Stanley (the kid) and Donnie (the quiz champ) don't really fit in

Tom Cruise has never been funnier. The first half of the movie was truly fun -- Cruise's seminar, the cop's investigation of a disturbance case, and definitely the opening scene about how the unsuccessful suicide became a successful homicide. However,...

Pros: Tons of interesting twists and turns
Cons: Three hours long, and you've got to pay close attention to understand and appreciate it completely

Irony collides with fate, in this multi-branched tale of coincidential mishaps. You've got the motivational-to-men-speaker, who, in his workshops, teaches men (if you want to call them even THAT)how to "get" women. You've also got the kid...

Pros: interesting
Cons: too interesting

Even though some(most) parts were hard to understand, the movie itself had this sort of appeal that just kind of sucks you in and makes you keep watching.

Normally when I go to the movies at 11 on a Saturday night, I'm out within the...

Pros: Dynamic acting/director
Cons: Film threatens to lose edge

Forming an opinion on the film Magnolia, especially one that others could trust and weigh subjectively, has proven challenging for this viewer. A solid 24 hour refractory period is strongly recommended (post Magnolia) before praising or denouncing...

Pros: Acting
Cons: Length

After I saw this movie I imagined Paul Thomas Anderson testing out his new Hollywood clout by seeing how long he could make a script before the studio asked him to cut it back. This movie is too long. This is not just about running time, it is about...

Pros: Compelling, touching, funny, moving
Cons: One out of place scene

Magnolia is a movie that could have been one of the most brilliant and important movies in several years. Although it is still an excellent movie, some of the scenes just blew it(I can't tell you where or when or why because I don't want to give anything...