Saturday, January 06, 2007
Magnolia
- Who's watched: only G
- Mentions: *1*
- Commentary: I don't know whether my mother will ever see this movie. I saw it in the theater when it first came out. It was a case of 12 Monkeys all over again. Lots of hype and lots of delivery but no delivery that matched the hype.
I picked up a cheap copy when I turned some videos in because I wanted to see it again, now, some years later, for reasons I explain in the "Mentions" link above. I was surprised that I found myself liking individual achievements spectacularly well: Macy's performance, his character: Exquisite. The Cruise vignettes: Amazing. So, I decided to keep it.
Why is it possible that Mom won't see this movie? It think it would bore her and she would wonder, out loud, why it is considered to be "apocalyptic". Which, actually, I also wonder.
I also, by the way, consider this the third in my category of "caregiver" movies. If you've seen it, you'll know why.
Roger Ebert reviewed this movie twice, once on the regular and once as a Great Movie, linked to the title of this post.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Jeremy Blackman Stanley Spector Tom Cruise Frank T.J. Mackey Melinda Dillon Rose Gator April Grace Gwenovier Luis Guzman Luis Philip Baker Hall Jimmy Gator Thomas Jane Young Jimmy Philip Seymour Hoffman Phil Parma Ricky Jay Burt Ramsey/Narrator Emmanuel Johnson Dixon William H. Macy Donnie Smith Benjamin Niedens Young Donny Alfred Molina Solomon Solomon Julianne Moore Linda Partridge John C. Reilly Ofc. Jim Kurring Jason Robards Earl Partridge Melora Walters Claudia Wilson Gator Henry Gibson Thurston Howell Felicity Huffman Cynthia Patton Oswalt Delmer Darion
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1999
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
Labels: caregiver, drama8, fantasy2, jason-robards-jr, julianne-moore, tom-cruise
