1999 · drama
Magnolia
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson3h 9m1999
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.
Our read: Magnolia (1999) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- inventive
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How Magnolia feels to watch.
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“You want sprawling Valley grief and coincidence with operatic emotional payoff.”
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