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Magnolia

1999

Paul Thomas Anderson

Tom Cruise, John C. Reilly, Philip Baker Hall, Julianne Moore ...

7.6

49,358

Drama In a single day in Los Angeles, a number of interconnected lives are changed forever. A lonely police officer (John C. Reilly) falls in love with a disturbed cocaine addict (Melora Walters). Her father (Philip Baker Hall), the host of the game show "What Do Kids Know?" has terminal cancer and tries to make amends for his past mistakes. A former champion of the show (William H. Macy) struggles to find love while the current champion ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"With Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson establishes himself as one of the most exciting and distinctive directors around."
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"'Magnolia' is operatic in its ambition, a great, joyous leap into melodrama and coincidence (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Emanuel Levy Variety	"'Magnolia' is a remarkably inventive and audacious film that almost overcomes its flaws."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	ne of the best movies of the year — startling, innovative, hugely funny and powerfully, courageously moving
		Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"The more you think about Magnolia -- the dry wit, the bravura staging, the intricate design, the wondrous performances -- the better and more unusual the film seems."
		Mike Clark USA Today	"The most imperfect of the year's best movies, Magnolia's flaws are easily forgiven because they are the result of go-for-broke ambition"
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"An impressive piece of work with some fine acting that makes holding our interest for three-plus hours seem easy."
		Derek Adams Time Out	"Over-ambitious, self-conscious, self-indulgent, self-important and clumsy into the bargain. But it's also one of the most enthralling and exhilarating American movies in ages"

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