*ing: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Reilly, Julianne Moore
Genre: Drama
First things first, I was inspired to watch this movie after getting my hands on the OST almost all of it is sung by Oscar winning Aimee Man infact, after her work in Magnolia she became the most sought out soundtrack contributor. Anyway, this post is not about Aimee Mann, that deserves a special post. Coming back to the movie, I was pretty disappointed to notice that the movie is a good 3+hrs long. Damn! However, after a rather sluggish and a pretty weird confusing start it gets interesting ... real interesting, suddenly you have a dozen characters on-screen, multiple story lines all criss crossing paths in a span of less than 24 hours. I know this is not a new formula, it's been tried and tested by many script writers and directors. However, Paul Thomas Anderson who wrote, produced and directed the movie has done an awesome job in keeping his audience captivated through the length of the movie. Notable are the performances of Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Reilly and Julianne Moore.
Plot?? Well it's a little complex to sum up the plot in a few lines ... in short its a dozen people crossing paths and one real wild night.
Why you should watch this movie? Watch it for the mind blowing performances, Aimee Man for her amazing songs that make up much of the score, Paul Thomas Anderson as a director and writer and one real twisted story.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175880/
Rottentomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/magnolia/
Genre: Drama
First things first, I was inspired to watch this movie after getting my hands on the OST almost all of it is sung by Oscar winning Aimee Man infact, after her work in Magnolia she became the most sought out soundtrack contributor. Anyway, this post is not about Aimee Mann, that deserves a special post. Coming back to the movie, I was pretty disappointed to notice that the movie is a good 3+hrs long. Damn! However, after a rather sluggish and a pretty weird confusing start it gets interesting ... real interesting, suddenly you have a dozen characters on-screen, multiple story lines all criss crossing paths in a span of less than 24 hours. I know this is not a new formula, it's been tried and tested by many script writers and directors. However, Paul Thomas Anderson who wrote, produced and directed the movie has done an awesome job in keeping his audience captivated through the length of the movie. Notable are the performances of Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Reilly and Julianne Moore.Plot?? Well it's a little complex to sum up the plot in a few lines ... in short its a dozen people crossing paths and one real wild night.
Why you should watch this movie? Watch it for the mind blowing performances, Aimee Man for her amazing songs that make up much of the score, Paul Thomas Anderson as a director and writer and one real twisted story.
Last Word: +vely one of those 10/10 type movies :)
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175880/
Rottentomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/magnolia/
I loved the way you have written the review Shashi. The reason I caught up with the movie was coz of my all time crush - Tom Cruise. Period. I could barely sit through the arduous lengthy movie. But, Tommy didn't disappoint me!! :))
ReplyDeleteThank you! You bet Tom Cruise does not disappoint in this movie, he has done a good job :)
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