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Magnolia
Directed by
Paul Thomas Anderson
1999
3h 9m
R
Drama
8
82%
89%
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An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
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Cast of Magnolia
Jeremy Blackman
Stanley Spector
Tom Cruise
Frank T.J. Mackey
Melinda Dillon
Rose Gator
Philip Baker Hall
Jimmy Gator
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Phil Parma
Ricky Jay
Burt Ramsey / Narrator
William H. Macy
Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
Alfred Molina
Solomon Solomon
Julianne Moore
Linda Partridge
John C. Reilly
Officer Jim Kurring
Jason Robards
Earl Partridge
Melora Walters
Claudia Wilson Gator
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
Raymond 'Big Guy' Gonzales
Reno Security Guard
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
Michael Bowen
Rick Spector
Benjamin Niedens
Little Donnie Smith
Veronica Hart
Dentist Nurse #1
Missy Spell Tanner
Dentist Nurse #2
James Kiriyama-Lem
Dr. Lee
Jake Cross
Pedestrian #1
Charlie Scott
Pedestrian #2
Juan Medrano
Nurse Juan
John Pritchett
Police Captain
Cleo King
Marcie
Don McManus
Dr. Landon
Michael Shamus Wiles
Captain Muffy
April Grace
Gwenovier
Jason Andrews
Doc
John S. Davies
Cameraman
Kevin Breznahan
Geoff, Seminar Guy
Miguel Pérez
Avi Solomon
David Masuda
Coroner Man
Neil Pepe
Officer #1
Lionel Mark Smith
Detective
Annette Helde
Coroner Woman
Emmanuel Johnson
Dixon
Lynne Lerner
Librarian
Felicity Huffman
Cynthia
Scott Burkett
WDKK Page #1
Bob Brewer
Richard's Dad
Julie Brewer
Richard's Mom
Nancy Marston
Julia's Mom
Maurey Marston
Julia's Dad
Jamala Gaither
WDKK P.A.
Danny Wells
Dick Jennings
Amy Brown
WDKK Page #2
Eileen Ryan
Mary
Meagen Fay
Dr. Diane
Patricia Forte
Mim
Luis Guzmán
Luis
Patrick Warren
Todd Geronimo
Orlando Jones
Worm
Virginia Pereira
Pink Dot Girl (voice)
Craig Kvinsland
Brad the Bartender
Patricia Scanlon
Cocktail Waitress
Henry Gibson
Thurston Howell
Natalie Elizabeth Marston
Julia
Bobby Brewer
Richard
Clark Gregg
WDKK Floor Director
Art Frankel
Old Pharmacist
Matt Gerald
Officer #2
Guillermo Melgarejo
Pink Dot Guy
Paul F. Tompkins
Chad (voice)
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Janet (voice)
Jim Beaver
Smiling Peanut Patron #1
Ezra Buzzington
Smiling Peanut Patron #2
Denise Woolfork
Smiling Peanut Patron #3
Michael Murphy
Alan Kligman Esq.
New World Harmonica Trio
Harmonica Players
Robert Downey Sr.
WDKK Show Director
William Mapother
WDKK Show Director's Assistant
Larry Ballard
WDKK Medic
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
Scott Alan Smith
E.R. Doctor
Paul Thomas Anderson
Man Confiscating Sign (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)
Miriam Margolyes
Faye Barringer (uncredited)
Tom Ohmer
Detective (uncredited)
Colleen Pelletier
Gameshow Audience Member (uncredited)
Herb Santos Jr.
21 Dealer (uncredited)
Tom Tangen
Drunken Dart Player (uncredited)
Magnolia Reviews
Reel Talk Online
Candice Frederick
Though I couldn't really make heads or tails of this 1999 movie, I found it interesting.
AskMen.com
Radheyan Simonpillai
Easily one of the best films in recent memory.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A wonderful mess.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
What this film may have needed to get on its feet is some honest-to-goodness violence.
AV Club
Keith Phipps
As bright as Anderson's future looks (three films, each a distinct, unqualified success), this might be the one for which he's remembered.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Anderson, 29, does so much in Magnolia, with such nerve, with wily humor and out-of-the-blue bravado, that the film's flaws and lapses don't really matter. It ain't perfect, but it's awe-inspiring.
USA Today
Mike Clark
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.
TIME Magazine
Richard Schickel
These characters are all well played, but we don't fully connect with them. Or, finally, with an endless movie that mostly mistakes inflation for importance.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Anderson's ability to wring remarkable performances out of actors is proven not just by Cruise's... scary-hilarious portrayal of the self-deluded misogynist Mackey, but also by the incredible performances of Moore and Robards and young Jeremy Blackman.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Robert Philpot
In its radically flawed, aggravating way, Magnolia is something of a miracle itself
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jeff Strickler
It doesn't always work -- and with a three-hour running time, dead spots seem a little more frustrating than usual. But the failures can't be blamed on a lack of ambition.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Magnolia is operatic in its ambition, a great, joyous leap into melodrama and coincidence, with ragged emotions, crimes and punishments, deathbed scenes, romantic dreams, generational turmoil and celestial intervention, all scored to insistent music.
Denver Rocky Mountain News
Robert Denerstein
Anderson has dared to make a movie that refuses to conceal its excesses, an amazing abundance of strong emotion, technical verve and pure performance power.
Baltimore Sun
Ann Hornaday
While not as fully realized as Anderson's last movie, Boogie Nights, Magnolia is filmed with the same skillful abandon, and takes many more artistic risks... The result is a movie as fascinating for its flaws as for its considerable successes.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson's frenzied follow-up to Boogie Nights, can be as intoxicating as the flower it's named for, and its characters, most of them as flawed and fascinating as the film itself, seem intoxicated by the overpowering scent.
Associated Press
Christy Lemire
The film's structure is complicated, yet Anderson makes it look effortless. Completing the films emotional impact is the soundtrack of original songs by Aimee Mann.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
[A] sprawling, enthralling phantasmagoria.
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Exhausting at times, frustrating in others, Magnolia is mostly just exhilarating, the product of a raw vibrant talent finding his footing in an adult world -- and unafraid to make mistakes.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Holleman
A personal drama and dark comedy of epic proportions, a visually exciting story of human emotion and cosmic circumstance. It is a compelling, innovative and sometimes brilliant work from director Paul Thomas Anderson. I just wish it were a better movie.
Newsday
John Anderson
Do we care? We don't, really, because while Anderson gives us a lot, he never gives us any opportunity to invest in his characters, or a sense of purpose to his pageant of unhappiness.
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