Magnolia is an original ensemble drama about the nature of coincidence from writer director Paul Thomas Anderson. The film features Jason Robards, William H. Macy, Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Baker Hall, Alfred Molina, John C. Reilly, Melinda Dillon and Melora Walters as strangers with interwoven lives who come together one day in 1999.
Magnolia is an ambitious movie that explores multiple themes including the search for meaning, influence of the past on current events, father/son relationships and the confluence of unexplained events.
The film was a critical success and Tom Cruise was highly praised for his performance as a motivational speaker and he received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance. Magnolia is audacious and daring in what it attempts and I believe whether it succeeds or not is up to the individual viewer.
At The Movie House rating ***1/2 stars
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