Magnolia

Pros: Some good acting, great soundtrack, some interesting stories
Cons: didn't focus on one story long enough for you to care what happens to them, Julianne Moore just about drove me nuts, WAY too long

Well, at least, it tries to be. I'd wanted to see Magnolia for some time, mainly because I like William H. Macy and Tom Cruise, generally speaking. Judging from the number of epinions written and the extremeness of ratings, Magnolia is one of those...

Pros: Rocket-sled ride through LA's collective unconscious
Cons: Well, there are a few con-games going on in the story, yeah..

WOW!!! This movie was so well tied together that I was floored. Yeah, sure, its an hommage to Bob Altman... but to see someone else interlock several separate stories, in LA no less, using the works of Fabulist author Charles Fort (who always talked...

Pros: Incredible acting, script and direction. Great specials on the DVD.
Cons: Some will find it long, pretentious and boring. But not me.

I first saw Magnolia in the cinema on a first date so unfortunately I was a bit distracted going into it. Sadly we forgot about each other as Magnolia unfolded on the screen in front of us. When we left i think we were a bit emotionally drained for a...

Pros: Laughs, Dramatic Tension
Cons: Anderson's Cold-Hearted Ironic Distance from Characters

Frogs. Lots and lots of frogs. But that's getting ahead of things.

The easy version of a Magnolia review: This movie is an updated version of Robert Altman's Streamers.

That was too easy.

To cut to the chase, this is an...

Pros: Characters are great. Somehow it works.
Cons: It's pretty long.

Magnolia is one of my favorite movies. I'm re-writing this review of it because I now take Epinions.com rather seriously and have learned to write longer and better reviews since I first started. Recently I bought Magnolia on DVD, and let me say the...

Pros: Interesting cinematography
Cons: Plodding, pointless, pretentious

When I asked friends for recommendations of what to rent from the video store this past weekend, several mentioned "Magnolia" and "Being John Malkovich." I loved the latter, but was ruefully disappointed by "Magnolia,"...

Pros: Sparklingly inventive storytelling; great performances; a script to die for
Cons: Should have been longer (3 hours ain't enough!)

"Magnolia" may be the most bold, inventive, enthralling film of this century so far. It's full of people wallowing in their own private cesspools and as a cross-section of the human condition, it's an awesome achievement.

Paul Thomas...

Pros: Brilliant acting, direction and score
Cons: One character is unnecessary; film will be too long for some

Paul Thomas Anderson has delivered a brilliant film in the ensemble Magnolia. Weaving together different stories and characters, he manages to not only tell several extremely engaging stories and create several indelible scenes. His prior two...

Pros: An endearing, emotional holocaust featuring career performances
Cons: don't watch it with your parents-regardless of your age

A huge majestic piece of filmmaking, Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnolia" is a swirling kaleidoscope of images that grabs you by the throat and won't let go. Set in the Magnolia Park and Toluca Lake areas of the San Fernando Valley, it's the look...

Pros: Moving, brilliantly made, well-acted, great soundtrack
Cons: Some people will hate it with a passion

People say that "Magnolia" is pretentious, bloated, and irritating, and I see how they could say that, but I disagree - I think it's a film about redemption and the joy of life, combined with a message about fate. Its constant motion is...

Pros: Great cast; brilliant moments
Cons: Philosophically shaky

Step right up, folks.

Paul Thomas Anderson, hyphenate creator of Boogie Nights and the even better Hard Eight, understands that chance encounters in movies, even docudramas, never fly, so he braces you for the San Fernando Valley-set Magnolia,...

Pros: Grandiose storytelling, wit and intelligence
Cons: I checked my watch more than I would have liked

"If you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs." -- Exodus 8:2 (New International Version)

And so it is that "Magnolia" reveals itself as a movie about debt, forgiveness and release: the killer's...

Pros: Incredible story-telling, nice cinematography, interesting characters
Cons: Long-3 hours 10 minutes

This movie is art. That is the best way to put it. It's poetry in motion, or something like that.

Magnolia is the kind of film that can change a person's life. It is the movie that many people can relate to (I didn't really, but oh well...)...

Pros: Some decent acting buried in the film.
Cons: Script. Hammy acting. Script. Script. Script. F'n Script.

The most humorous moment of the last Oscar ceremony was watching Fiona Apple console Paul Thomas Anderson over his loss in one of the categories. She acted as though Magnolia was Shakespeare and the Academy members were a bunch of buffoons who wouldn't...

Pros: interesting stories - neat how it all interacted
Cons: bible mumbo gumbo

I still have no facking clue if I liked this movie or I hated it. So, what the hell, I'm going to wing it. I promise you that by the end of this review I'll have made a decision. Let the chips lie where they may.

I never heard of this movie...