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A Prairie Home Companion
Directed by
Robert Altman
PG-13
2006
1h 45m
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6.7
81%
59%
6.3
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A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.
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Cast of A Prairie Home Companion
Meryl Streep
Yolanda Johnson
Lily Tomlin
Rhonda Johnson
Lindsay Lohan
Lola Johnson
Garrison Keillor
GK / Screenplay
Woody Harrelson
Dusty
John C. Reilly
Lefty
Virginia Madsen
Dangerous Woman
Kevin Kline
Guy Noir
Tommy Lee Jones
Axeman
L.Q. Jones
Chuck Akers
Maya Rudolph
Molly
Marylouise Burke
Lunch Lady
Tim Russell
Stage Manager
Sue Scott
Makeup Lady
Tom Keith
Sound Effects Man
Jearlyn Steele
Jearlyn Steele
Robin Williams
Robin Williams
Linda Williams
Linda Williams
Prudence Johnson
Prudence Johnson
Richard A. Dworsky
Bandleader / Music Arranger
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A Prairie Home Companion Ratings & Reviews
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
The movie, redolent of death, is a sort of wake, but a funny-sad one, teeming with music, corny jokes, and an ensemble of gifted performers who appear to be having an obscene amount of fun in one another's company.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
It sparkles with a magic all its own as an engagingly performed piece of Midwestern whimsy and stoicism. Mr. Altman's flair for ensemble spectacle and seamless improvisation in the midst of utter chaos is as apparent as ever.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
What a lovely film this is, so gentle and whimsical, so simple and profound.
Zap2it.com
Daniel Fienberg
Such is Altman's gift with actors that he even makes Lindsay Lohan seem fresh-faced, building the film to a climax in which the pop tartlet makes the most of her thin voice.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
Either you like that brand of music and humor or you don't. I am not a huge fan.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Keillor may be the only one in history to keep happy both the sentimentalists who love Kinkade and the cynics who love po-mo happy, each thinking they're the only ones who really get him.
AV Club
Nathan Rabin
Altman and Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion is fittingly both a celebration and a winning example of the joys of collaboration.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
It's a tribute to music's power to heal us, to the way a familiar tune brings a comfortable old-shoe smile and the way a group sing-along bonds those within it, creating a community in that moment.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
This is not one of the good Altmans. This isn't even one of the mediocre Altmans. No, the cinema's girl with the curl is back, and this time he's very, very bad.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
A Prairie Home Companion is about small-beer showbiz professionals who face extinction with a smile on their face, a song in their heart, and a biscuit in their belly.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Sketchy, rambling, tune-filled -- and, at best, mildly entertaining.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
This is a lovely marriage of two of America's wisest cultural observers, native Midwesterners and modern Mark Twains, who value their heritage while occasionally poking it with a stick.
Houston Chronicle
Bruce Westbrook
Nondevotees also should find a home in this agreeable, accessible Companion.
TIME Magazine
Richard Schickel
Streep's work aside, you can pretty much get all that's worth having out of the film by skipping it entirely and buying the soundtrack album.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Those who have the sense to seek out this film will find themselves delightfully transported as Altman and screenwriter-star Garrison Keillor tackle issues of time, mortality and family while offering up great dollops of homespun entertainment.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
The movie is not just enormously entertaining, it is deeply moving, both in the way it celebrates storytelling and storytellers -- and in the unembarrassed way its creators and performers remind us how much we need them.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
If A Prairie Home Companion is director Robert Altman's swan song, it's a tune with plenty of sweet, rootsy grace notes.
Associated Press
David Germain
It's a suitable companion piece to past Altman forays into the arts such as Nashville and The Player, though lightweight by comparison.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
Even with its feisty, anti-corporate sympathies, this movie adaptation of Garrison Keillor's beloved Midwestern radio drollery is a breezy affair.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Good-humored and enormously entertaining but also sentimental and a little dishonest.
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