Magnolia

I cannot even count how many movies I have seen in the last 30 years but this is the WORST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN (including TV movie and TV shows!). So many people walked out of the theater. The only... Full review

what starts as great ends in crap. first 10 minutes is the only good thing about this film. boring all the way through. if you want a good psychologicsl movie watch requiem for a dream not this.... Full review

If you like watching painfully predictable scenes along with illogical ones, go right ahead and watch this long boring drivel. The actors are good but the story sucks. No interest whatsoever. Worst scene ever: the cop falls in love with the... Full review

It may possess too many storylines and very different characters,but Anderson's savoir-faire and the screenplay's intelligence are so good every character is superb;y studied with humanity not to compare with any different film.It's melodramatic effect on each person is stunning,while Anderson's... Full review

Goes down as the all-time worst movie i've ever seen. Which is a shame because the movie has some great actors in it.... Full review

this movie touches you on all aspects of your mentalality,phisicality,and especially spirituality.most people (especialy men) will think this is a chick flick because of the name,but it is diffinitely not and i promise you will not be dissapointed.every actor deserves more... Full review

Magnolia is a movie that I would only watch once. This is not because I hated the film. Its because it is heavy. I mean 'heavy' in a way that you cannot watch this film and expect the movie to tell... Full review

Magnolia is a movie that I would only watch once. This is not because I hated the film. Its because it is heavy. I mean 'heavy' in a way that you cannot watch this film and expect the movie to tell... Full review

I gave this movie several chances, but I just couldn't understand it. After 3 hours, I was hoping for a much better ending. Can anyone explain the frogs???... Full review

Was Tom Cruise a figure you were suppose to feel sorry for after what happened to him? There's no excuse for his behavior. A person like that would not be successful in real life, only in a movie that was too... Full review

'Magnolia" is a film of sadness and loss, of lifelong bitterness, of children harmed and adults destroying themselves.....And the second wife of Jason Robards ( Julianne Moore ) confesses to his nurse but cannot confess to the old man.... ... Full Review

Unlike many other "hypertext movies" with interlinking plots, " Magnolia " seems to be using the device in a deeper, more philosophical way. His second wife ( Julianne Moore ), who married him for money, now finds she loves him and regrets that she cheated on him. ... Full Review

We are a fly on the wall in the first production meeting, we hear about the order for filming due to cast commitments, discussions with members of the crew and we are there when Anderson shoots the very first scene ('There's no shame in making a great movie'). ... Full Review

Nobody could call Magnolia timid or ordinary.....By many recent press accounts, Anderson loved his dad....The most painful part of Magnolia is....Something like that happens in (and to) Magnolia , another demonstrative epic by the madly ambitious Paul Thomas Anderson ( Boogie Nights ).....a little black kid who delivers an obscure rap that supposedly solves the mystery of a dead man in a closet..... ... Full Review

This is an ensemble piece, but the real star of the film is Mr. Anderson himself who seems unbelievably comfortable crafting the story's many, many threads. This is evident in the positively operatic sweep of the film. ... Full Review

It has been my experience that there are two types of people in the world: those who love Magnolia , and those that don't (and the ones that don't, man, they really don't). ... Full Article

You can bring home one of Paul Thomas Anderson's most acclaimed films on Blu-ray early next year. Magnolia will be released on Blu-ray on Januray 19, 2010. ... Full Article

Plenty of memorable movie soundtracks mix the songs of multiple artists, sometimes unified by a musical genre or era. But then, there are the primarily one-artist/one-band wonders, sometimes spurred by music previously unknown or out of mainstream range. ... Full Article

As Michael McDonald once said to Kenny Loggins, " the '80s can suck it. " If only McDonald had waited to pass judgement until he heard the ultra-smooth sounds of Francis and the Lights , a band for whom 1987... ... Full Article

In Hollywood, political capital often comes in the form of a one-time free pass to make whatever movie you want to make. If you're Paul Thomas Anderson, you capitalize on "Boogie Nights" by getting New Line Cinema to fund "Magnolia." ... Full Article

Most everybody focuses on the big movies of Sundance, the celebrity-filled premieres and the Cinderella-story nobodies whose first feature suddenly transforms them into somebodies. What gets very little major media attention are the short films, partly because they'll never turn... ... Full Article