Magnolia

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David B A truly idiotic melange of over the top nonsense, as shallow and cliche as it overwrought and melodramatic in the worst sense of the word. Confirms every bad thing you’ve heard about Hollywood culture (or lack thereof). The emperor truly has no clothes. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/25/25 Full Review Benjamin H In spite of some scenes that didn't fully interest me, Magnolia is a terrific exploration of meaning, forgiveness and love that can be both intense and emotional, but is immersive all the way through. The film is perfectly structured and every part of its multilayered plot flows like a dream. PTA's writing and direction is truly masterful, and the performances are top-notch. I dug the film's use of symbols and just how thought provoking it is, while it explores the lives' of its individual characters with so much grace. On a closing note, the ending is absolutely crazy and i love it. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/19/25 Full Review will t "The book says 'We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us'" magnolia is about facing the past and forgiving those who we sometimes cannot. so much happens in three hours, so many ideas, so many stories and lessons to take in, so much analysing, and it all comes down to the characters. and oh boy, there's a lot. an old, dying man, his nurse, his wife, his long-lost son, the tv show he owns' host, his daughter, a cop questioning her, a kid on the show, his dad, and a former winner of said show. all these characters have their warts and flaws, all with stained pasts, and it all comes together in a climax in the metaphorical and literal sense with thousands of frogs raining from the sky. how do you come up with something this grand and not get hailed among the likes of the scorsese's and kubrick's as one of the greatest directors of all time? my respect and love for paul thomas anderson only triples every time i watch this intertwined masterpiece of a movie and i cannot describe to you enough how amazing this is, even with it's daunting runtime. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/17/25 Full Review Audience Member Very long and very boring. Unbelievable cast, largely from boogie nights, which I loved, but the story kinda goes nowhere and takes forever to get there. Like pulp fiction, it tries to weave several stories together but unlike pulp fiction, which is really great, this is really bad. Don’t waste your time. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/08/25 Full Review Guilherme S Filme muito bom sobre pessoas comuns, em circunstâncias que qualquer um praticamente consegue se identificar com algum personagem. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/23/25 Full Review Mike D Awful. 3 hours of our lives we’ll never get back. Still 25 years later I miss those 3 hours and the so many other things we could have done. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/15/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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