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Rating: 7.7/10 by 3537 users

Magnolia (1999)

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.

Directing:
  • Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Tina Stauffer
  • Adam Druxman
  • Valeria Migliassi Collins
  • Jorge L. Baron
Writing:
  • Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Dec 17, 1999

Rating: 7.7/10 by 3537 users

Alternative Title:
mag-no'li-a - US
心灵角落 - CN
매그놀리아 - KR
Магнолия - RU
心靈角落 - TW
マグノリア:1999 - JP
Magnolia - ES

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Français
Deutsch
Runtime: 03 hour 09 minutes
Budget: $37,000,000
Revenue: $48,500,000

Plot Keyword: dying and death, daughter, farewell, regret, unsociability, chance, becoming an adult, parent child relationship, suicide attempt, loss of loved one, child prodigy, reconciliation, san fernando valley, multiple storylines, frog

Tom Cruise
Frank T.J. Mackey
Julianne Moore
Linda Partridge
William H. Macy
Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
John C. Reilly
Officer Jim Kurring
Melora Walters
Claudia Wilson Gator
Jeremy Blackman
Stanley Spector
Jason Robards
Earl Partridge
Michael Bowen
Rick Spector
Ricky Jay
Burt Ramsey / Narrator
Pat Healy
Sir Edmund William Godfrey / Young Pharmacy Kid
Genevieve Zweig
Mrs. Godfrey
Mark Flanagan
Joseph Green
Neil Flynn
Stanley Berry
Rod McLachlan
Daniel Hill
Allan Graf
Firefighter
Patton Oswalt
Delmer Darion
Brad Hunt
Craig Hansen
Jim Meskimen
Forensic Scientist
Chris O'Hara
Sydney Barringer
Clement Blake
Arthur Barringer
Frank Elmore
1958 Detective
John Kraft Seitz
1958 Policeman
Cory Buck
Young Boy
Tim Soronen
Infomercial Guy
Jim Ortlieb
Middle-Aged Guy
Thomas Jane
Young Jimmy Gator
Holly Houston
Jimmy's Showgirl
Benjamin Niedens
Little Donnie Smith
Veronica Hart
Dentist Nurse #1
Missy Spell Tanner
Dentist Nurse #2
Jake Cross
Pedestrian #1
Juan Medrano
Nurse Juan
John Pritchett
Police Captain
Don McManus
Dr. Landon
Kevin Breznahan
Geoff, Seminar Guy
Miguel Pérez
Avi Solomon
Alfred Molina
Solomon Solomon
David Masuda
Coroner Man
Neil Pepe
Officer #1
Annette Helde
Coroner Woman
Scott Burkett
WDKK Page #1
Bob Brewer
Richard's Dad
Julie Brewer
Richard's Mom
Nancy Marston
Julia's Mom
Danny Wells
Dick Jennings
Amy Brown
WDKK Page #2
Meagen Fay
Dr. Diane
Patrick Warren
Todd Geronimo
Virginia Pereira
Pink Dot Girl (voice)
Craig Kvinsland
Brad the Bartender
Patricia Scanlon
Cocktail Waitress
Henry Gibson
Thurston Howell
Clark Gregg
WDKK Floor Director
Art Frankel
Old Pharmacist
Matt Gerald
Officer #2
Paul F. Tompkins
Chad (Seduce & Destroy) (voice)
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Janet (Frank's Assistant) (voice)
Jim Beaver
Smiling Peanut Patron #1
Ezra Buzzington
Smiling Peanut Patron #2
Denise Woolfork
Smiling Peanut Patron #3
Michael Murphy
Alan Kligman, Esq.
Robert Downey Sr.
WDKK Show Director
William Mapother
WDKK Show Director's Assistant
Brett Higgins
Mackey Disciple Twin #1
Brian Higgins
Mackey Disciple Twin #2
Michael Lee Phillips Jr.
Mackey Disciple in Middle
Lillian Adams
Donnie's Old Neighbor
Steven Bush
Paramedic #1
Mike Massa
Paramedic #2
Dale Gibson
Paramedic #3
Paul Thomas Anderson
Man Confiscating Sign (uncredited)
Miriam Margolyes
Faye Barringer (uncredited)
Bruno Angelico
Fireman #2 (uncredited)
Robert Bella
Detective #2 (uncredited)
Greg Bronson
Waiter (uncredited)
Douglas Busby
Extra (uncredited)
Marc Davies
Seminar Attendee #1 (uncredited)
Bruce Gregory
Randy (uncredited)
Phil Hawn
Bob (uncredited)
Spencer Kayden
Seminar Patron (uncredited)
Brian Kehew
Seminar Patron (uncredited)
Michael Laren
Officer Tom 1958 (uncredited)
Aimee Mann
Hot Date Infomercial (uncredited)
Tom Ohmer
Detective (uncredited)
Colleen Pelletier
Gameshow Audience Member (uncredited)
Herb Santos Jr.
21 Dealer (uncredited)
Tom Tangen
Drunken Dart Player (uncredited)

JPV852

Been a long time since I last watched this but even though this was 3 hours long, never felt the length and I was pretty much captivated throughout (although I did pause a few times to get refill on my drink or grab a snack). The performances all around were great, most notably Tom Cruise, Melora Walters, John C. Reilly and the young Jeremy Blackman (Stanley). It does get heavy-handed and while I "get" the raining frogs scene, that took me out a bit (albeit it was towards the end). **4.0/5** As a side, the other two kids (Julia and Richard) were hacks, counting on Stanley to carry them. Something that irked me the first time I saw this, lol.

GenerationofSwine

I remember seeing this in the theater with one of my friends, during our first year in college. We had all found our way back to town and... given we lived in the sticks... we ended up going to the movies out of habit and for lack of anything else to do. And I'll be honest, at the time, I walked out of the theater kind of blown away. I hadn't really seen a movie like that before. I mean, the closest thing that came to it was American Beauty, and we had only seen that a few months prior... and that had more of a plot. At the time, I'll admit, I thought it was pretty good.... and then I returned to it and now, honestly, I just think it's pretentious. Pretentious really is the best way to describe it. When you first see it, it hits you one way because it's an odd movie that you really haven't seen before. And then, when go back to it, knowing a little more about it, you realize that the plot, the characters, the entire premise of the film is about as thin and transparent as a white chiffon shirt in a wet t-shirt contest. The presentation was there, but that's really all it was. Presentation and vapidness. It's show and tell with no real tell and the hopes that frogs might get the audience thinking enough to distract them away from the fact that there's no substance beyond the presentation.

Dharunn

Julianne Moore at her's Peak & and also all of em. **What the Frogs!**


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