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Magnolia [VHS] [2000]

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3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (105 customer reviews)

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Actors: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly
Directors: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writers: Paul Thomas Anderson
Producers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, Dylan Tichenor, JoAnne Sellar, Lynn Harris
Format: PAL, Widescreen
Language English, French, German
Classification: 18
Studio: Entertainment in Video
VHS Release Date: 6 Nov 2000
Run Time: 186 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (105 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00004YVFW
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,285 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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A handful of people in California's San Fernando Valley are having one hell of a day. TV mogul Earl Partridge (Jason Robards) is on his deathbed; his trophy wife (Julianne Moore) is stockpiling tranquilliser prescriptions all over town with alarming determination. Earl's nurse (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is trying desperately to get in touch with Earl's only son, sex-guru Frank TJ Mackey (Tom Cruise), who's about to have his carefully constructed past blown by a TV reporter (April Grace). Whiz kid Stanley (Jeremy Blackman) is being goaded by his selfish dad into breaking the record for the game show What Do Kids Know? Meanwhile, Stanley's predecessor, the grown-up quiz kid Donnie Smith (William H. Macy) has lost his job and is nursing a severe case of unrequited love. And the host of What Do Kids Know?, the affable Jimmy Gator (Philip Baker Hall), like Earl, is dying of cancer, and his attempt to reconcile with his cokehead daughter (Melora Walters) fails miserably. She, meanwhile, is running hot and cold with a cop (John C. Reilly) who would love to date her, if she can sit still for long enough. And over it all, a foreboding sky threatens to pour something more than just rain.

This third feature from Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights) is a maddening, magnificent piece of film-making, and an ensemble film to rank with the best of Robert Altman (Short Cuts, Nashville)--every little piece of the film means something, solidly placed for a reason. Deftly juggling a breathtaking ensemble of actors, Anderson crafts a tale of neglectful parents, resentful children and love-starved souls that's amazing in scope, both thematically and emotionally. Part of the charge of Magnolia is seeing exactly how may characters Anderson can juggle, and can he keep all those balls in air (indeed he can, even if it means throwing frogs into the mix). And it's been far too long since we've seen a film-maker whose love of making movies is so purely joyful. This electric energy is reflected in the actors, from Cruise's revelatory performance to Reilly's quietly powerful turn as the moral centre of the story. While at three hours it's definitely not suited to everyone's taste, Magnolia is a compelling, heartbreaking, ultimately hopeful meditation on the accidents of chance that make up our lives. The soundtrack features eight wonderful songs by Aimee Mann, including "Save Me", around which Anderson built the script. --Mark Englehart

Independent On Sunday

Brilliant...superb...a great film.

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking and entertaining, 16 Mar 2006

By	Sha "Sha" (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Magnolia (2 Disc Box Set) [1999] [DVD] (DVD)

This film knows when to make you laugh, when to make you cry and when to make you think. With it’s large cast and high number of different intersecting storylines you would think it would be difficult to follow but it’s not, possibly because it takes over three hours for the tales to unfold at their own pace. The director, Paul Thomas Anderson, insists that he’s telling one story rather than ten but although the overall message remains the same, I have to say that it looked like around about ten stories to me. What is particularly refreshing about “Magnolia” is that the lives of the characters simply brush against each other throughout the film rather than all existing separately and then coming together in the last ten minutes which has been done so many times in films in recent years.

I felt at times that the message of the film was too blatantly spelt out, for example the nurse trying to find the son of a dying man says something along the lines of “I think they have moments like this in films because they are true” which was a message already made clear by the content. However that is just a very minor criticism in what is a superb film about coincidence, relationships and personal development.

Tom Cruise has been highly commended and won many awards for his role as Frank T.J. Mackey which he plays very well but in an excellent cast who have won “Best Ensemble Cast” awards, I don’t feel that he stands out above the others. It is well acted at every avenue with actors such as Julianne Moore and Jason Robards doing both subtlety and drama well.

I recommend this film for anyone who likes to watch thought-provoking drama but make sure than you set aside a good few hours to watch it because watching the film in more than one sitting would ruin the pace which is more or less in real time.

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Epic, gorgeous second film by PT Anderson, 9 Mar 2005

By A Customer

This review is from: Magnolia - Single Disc Set (1999) [DVD] (DVD)

The first time I watched Magnolia I got half of the way through, then gave up. It is a long film - three hours - and for some the twisting storylines and huge cast of characters could be maddening. Also, I felt it lacked the humour and flair of Anderson's superb debut, Boogie Nights.
But, I eventually got around to watching it again and loved it. A beautiful, complex, maddening film that demands to be watched again.
The acting, for one, is great. The performances are full of humanity - flawed but ultimately tender. As is the film itself. Throughout the darkness of the themes, the character's lives - cancer, estranged parents, prescription and non-prescription drug addiction, child abuse, murder - there is lightness. 'You wanna kiss me, Jim?' 'Yes, I do!'. Phil's tenderness towards his ill patient - and his patient's pack of dogs. Julianne Moore's growing love for her dying husband. The characters, in Quiz Kid Donnie Smith's words, all have love to give.
The film is gorgeously shot - black nights filled with rain and neon - and it's visually perfect. The soundtrack too is wonderful, filled with longing and loneliness, two key emotions of this film.
PT Anderson couldn't be called unambitious, but the story doesn't overeach itself. The tenderness of the performances, the stretching, sweeping tracking shots, the fragile interconnections between the different characters hold the film together, even as it feels like everything could fall apart. Every character is interesting, well-developed and utterly human. No other director would have the ambition to make an opus with at least nine central characters (who all sing the same song part way through the film) and a sprawling plot made no less confusing by the inclusion of several red herrings. And, of course, the strangeness of the prologue and ending of the film.

I enjoyed Boogie Nights more than Magnolia. It was hilarious, technicoloured and dark. Whereas Magnolia is dark all the way through. The acting is incredible, and every character is bittersweet and utterly human. A gorgeous film about redemption, loss and longing, an epic that deserves it's running time.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Utterly Stunning, 22 Mar 2005

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This review is from: Magnolia (2 Disc Box Set) [1999] [DVD] (DVD)

I sat through this film from start to finish with my mouth hanging open (metaphorically speaking). It is quite simply stunning from beginning to end.

As you will see from the various assesments by other reviewers this film is almost impossible to categorise. It is a film, however, that takes you on a journey and raises far more questions than it answers along the way.

For me the film is really about synchronicity. The seeming co-incidences that tie the otherwise unconnected characters
together and the way that fate so often seems more than just random chance.

This is one for the watch and watch again list, as you will discover new things in it every time.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wise up
A love it or hate it film, to judge by the reviews on here. Some people even hated Aimee Mann's magnificent soundtrack. I loved it, and I loved the film. Read more

Published 9 months ago by Mr. Blu

1.0 out of 5 stars What a load of Tosh!
This ranks with one of the most pointless, drawn out films I have ever watched. After a promising opening sequence one is left with the anticipation that something entertaining... Read more

Published 10 months ago by Sven Svennson

2.0 out of 5 stars Waited 3 hours for the point of the film, didnt get it
I like a wide variety of films, I love many Academy Award films, however this just didnt do it for me. Read more

Published 10 months ago by taylzo

5.0 out of 5 stars OMG
I read a lot - at least by most people's standards. And I watch quite a few films. And the vast majority of what i read/watch leaves me feeling just so-so. Read more

Published 11 months ago by EmmaH

1.0 out of 5 stars Dull, just plain dull
Usually I love deep, dialogue driven movies and this film is indeed well acted with a good cast ..... but thats about it. Read more

Published 12 months ago by N. Thompson

5.0 out of 5 stars Deep
It depends on the type of movie you like. Fast & Furious, Transformers, Transporter, Gone in 60 seconds it bears no resemblance. Read more

Published 13 months ago by P. Derry

1.0 out of 5 stars 3 hour long episode of a soap opera
Just seemed to me like a load of episodes of a soap opera condensed into one. Lots of rather meaningless plots, some maybe even interwoven. Read more

Published 17 months ago by Nic

5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary!
Well I think that this may be one of the best half dozen films I have ever seen...
After a first, extraordinary, blitzkreig fifteen minutes of images and scenes, which must... Read more

Published 17 months ago by Jon Turner

1.0 out of 5 stars Right up there alongside watching paint dry or the grass grow...absolutely awful!
I am literally flabbergasted by the amount of positive reviews for this film, both from critics and reviewers like myself. Read more

Published 17 months ago by Daniel Mccarthy

4.0 out of 5 stars A Game of Psychological Pick-Up Sticks
"Magnolia" is the kind of film I instinctively respond to. Leave logic at the door. Do not expect subdued taste and restraint, but instead a kind of operatic ecstasy. Read more

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