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Magnolia (VHS, 2000, 2-Tape Set)
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Summary: This film takes place during a 24 hour period in L.A.. The main plot revolves around parallel dramas of dying men, both of whom have lived estranged from an adult child; both desiring their presence; both adult children holding grudges against their fathers. There's a second parallel plot about two gifted sons whose parents exploit them. Earl Partridge's (Jason Robards) son, Frank T.J. Mackey (Tom Cruise), is an ego-maniacal, sexist lecturer on penile performance & dominance. Jimmy Gator's (Philip Baker Hall) daughter, Claudia Wilson Gator (Melora Walters), is a drug addict who acts like an abandoned orphan. Partridge's nurse, Phil Parma (Philip Seymour Hoffman), realizes his patient is near death & rushes to reunite son with father. Enter police officer, Jim Kurring (John C. Reilly), in Gator's daughter's life: he's attracted to Claudia & saves her from herself. Guilt overwhelms Partridge's younger wife, Linda (Julianne Moore): nothing can save her. Two gifted kids, 1 adult loser, Donnie Smith (Wm. H. Macy) & the other, Stanley Spector (Jeremy Blackman) are exploited by adults & face similar humiliations. All 4 kids' struggles are due to their childhoods being stolen by trusted adults. Stanley's obsessed & driven father; Donnie's greedy, exploitative parents; Claudia's abusive father & passive mother; Jack's absent & callous father. Both TV whiz kids are abused by the show's host. Critique: The film is fast moving & complex to follow in one viewing. It took several viewings for me to more fully appreciate all 188 minutes and each situation. Tom Cruise's character seems to close to how I perceive him to be in real life: obnoxiously self-centered and arrogating. The character he portrayed turned me off and tuned me out every time I viewed the film. It is too unrealistic in contrast to the other characters in the film. I wondered why Cruise's character was portrayed as a caricature when the rest of the characters are portrayed as true to everyday life. Finally, I found the film to be much better without Cruise or his character in it; so I cut 'them' out: then, the film made more sense. Plus, it was shorter and held my attention. The cast, except for Cruise, deliver on-point performances. Hyperbole doesn't work the way director & writer Paul Thomas Anderson apparently hopes it will. Throughout my multiple viewings of "Magnolia," I kept thinking & feeling that Anderson was attempting to compete with Cronenberg, Lynch &/or Waters. If so, he falls far short. Perhaps the AFI was searching for some sort of futuristic film to award at the end of the millennium. Stranger events have happened~Read full review
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