Magnolia (1999) Rank 5 Reviews

Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)

"Magnolia" is magnificent! You know those plate jugglers? The ones that start a plate spinning up on a bendy rod. That's impressive enough, isn't it? But they set up another and another, until ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)

Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)

A stunning achievement. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)

Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)

Notorious as the underseen, hyper-extended something-or-other for which Tom Cruise got a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, Magnolia is a veritable orgy of a movie--love it or hate it, it's impossible to ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)

Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)

When it comes to the end of the year, one begins to look back at the year in film and try and pick the best movie, best actor, best actress and see how his picks will do against the major awards (globes, oscars). As I began to look back, I thought that ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)

CinemaSense.Com: Movie Reviews of the Heart

This ingenious film interweaves the intensely personal and complex dynamics of the sins of the parents (actually fathers) visited on their children who struggle to escape the paternal grip on their lives. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at CinemaSense.Com: Movie Reviews of the Heart

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Sooner or later, every director makes his Short Cuts. Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights) only waited until his third film to make his, an over-three-hour epic with at least 10 major characters in almost as many separate story lines. And thanks to ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

Without a doubt, MAGNOLIA is my personal pick for best film of 1999, and if it weren't or THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, I'd say it was the best film of the 90s.  No, it wasn't nominated for an Academy Award, and with weaker films like THE SIXTH ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)

A little love can go a long way. But it's not always easy to find.Sometimes it takes a bit of forgiveness. Sometimes you have to swallow your pride. Sometimes you have to learn how to recognize it. Sometimes you need to learn to love ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)

Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)

Magnificent masterwork! ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)

The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)

Many contemporary films deal with loneliness, bitterness and despair -- "Short Cuts", "American Beauty" and "Happiness" are among the most acclaimed. "Magnolia" is better than all of them because its confidence and passion is so much louder. At times, ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)

Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)

The film explores some powerful themes: The power of love and the power of family, and how people can fritter those precious things away. It tells of broken hearts and bitterness, and how broken hearts can be mended with the power of love. It tells how ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)

Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)

Magnolia is way too much to take in at once. A second viewing isn't just preferable, it's essential, and the film has been made with this in mind. Saying that, it clocks in at over three hours, so Paul Anderson is asking a hell of a lot from his ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)

The Cincinnati Enquirer (Margaret A. McGurk)

After Hard Eight and Boogie Nights, we had a pretty good idea that filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson was a genuine prodigy. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at The Cincinnati Enquirer (Margaret A. McGurk)

PreViewed DVD

One of the most controversial movies of 1999 ,Magnolia received accolades and criticisms by the handful. It was nominated for three Academy Awards (Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Tom Cruise), and Best Original Song), it took a Golden ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at PreViewed DVD

AboutFilm.com (Dana Knowles)

It could legitimately be said that Magnolia's story is minimal in terms of plot or action. It could also be said that the revelations about various characters are nothing new to modern cinema, and that the specific points being made about the human ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at AboutFilm.com (Dana Knowles)

Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)

Writer-director P.T. (formerly Paul Thomas) Anderson's last film "Boogie Nights" seemed like the work of a filmmaker that had spent a lot of time studying "Scorcese For Dummies". But somewhere between the making of that film and "Magnolia" - his opus ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

The film does go on for too long, with the only thing that could save it from never ending is a biblical miracle, but it settles instead for a plague right out of Exodus in the Bible to make its farewell. That improbable ending was set up and apologized ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")

A wonderfully crafted picture, this movie sweeps you through the lives of many interesting characters, develops several extremely memorable sequences which will likely stick in your mind for years to come, and offers many of today's top character actors ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")

The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)

It's a world where strange things can happen, such as coincidences and bizarre tragedies. Here are a collection of people who are already connected, or will be by the end of one day in Los Angeles. Earl Partridge (Jason Robards) is a bedridden TV mogul ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)

Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)

Grey skies are going to clear up, but not before writer-director P.T. Anderson drags his characters through heaven and hell in "Magnolia." One half biblical epic, one half human opera, "Magnolia" emerges as one of the best films of 1999. "Magnolia" ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)

MovieFreak.com (Mike McLarney)

Loneliness and despair run rampant throughout Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnolia", the follow up to his 1997 hit "Boogie Nights." The story follows the lives of several inhabitants of the San Fernando Valley, each one stumbling around in their own ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at MovieFreak.com (Mike McLarney)

Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)

If the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave out a special Oscar for the year's most ambitious movie, 1999 would be no contest. The hands-down winner in that category is Paul Thomas Anderson's epic-length cornucopia of scintillating characters ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)

Cinematic Reflections (Derek Smith)

This ingenious film interweaves the intensely personal and complex dynamics of the sins of the parents (actually fathers) visited on their children who struggle to escape the paternal grip on their lives. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Cinematic Reflections (Derek Smith)

Donlee Brussel

Half the people who witnessed Magnolia cherished and extolled it. Now Magazine, WGN Radio, and Matinee Magazine all had it on their top ten movies of the decade lists, while Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times), Michael Dequina (Movie Report), David Ansen ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Donlee Brussel

digitallyOBSESSED.com (Kevin Clemons)

Magnolia is a true masterpiece of a movie-heavy in drama, intense in its emotional material, characters, and underlying themes. At three hours and fifteen minutes, the film is an amazing epic of artistic triumph. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Kevin Clemons)

New York Post (Lou Lumenick)

It's an audacious, hilarious, deeply affecting three-hour tapestry. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)

Home Theater Info (Doug MacLean)

CAST: Tom Cruise STUDIO: New Line RATING: 4.5/10 Magnolia Magnolia is the perfect example of why it is that reviews don't mean a thing. I heard everyone raving about this movie like it was the second coming of Christ, but I saw it and thought it ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Home Theater Info (Doug MacLean)

Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)

Is it true that Paul Thomas Anderson's new film Magnolia is too ambitious? Yes, there are a few too many plots going on at ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)

Michael Dequina

This highly kinetic sequence, fueled by energized editing and camera work, is ultimately held together by the song that plays in the background, a tune that succinctly sums up the main feeling of the characters and the film itself: Aimee Mann's cover of ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Michael Dequina

Moovees.com (Jay Tierney)

Apparently Being John Malkovich has a competitor for the strangest film of 1999 -- Magnolia. Whether you love or hate writer/director P.T. Anderson, he is certainly shaping up to be one of the most interesting directors in all of Hollywood. I enjoyed one ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Moovees.com (Jay Tierney)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

The title of the film comes from the name on the L.A. street sign. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)

Magnolia achieves a blinding grace in how its juxtaposition of the many storylines begins to confront and examine universal truths. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)

Flipside Movie Emporium (Gauti Fridriksson)

I cannot imagine a film with more atmosphere, more emotional intensity, a film as flat-out beautiful as Magnolia. It paints a portrait of life itself, and the portrait is such an exceedingly beautiful and mysterious one that I am shaken to my ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Gauti Fridriksson)

Dustin Putman

Only artificially resembling a Robert Altman ensemble picture (1975's "Nashville," 1993's "Short Cuts"), but acquiring a storytelling approach and technical style all its own, "Magnolia" is unlike anything I've seen before, and when you can assuredly ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Dustin Putman

Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

Paul Thomas Anderson's examination of dysfunctional relationships set in Los Angeles, is spread across a cast of characters too real for the movies. These characters -- the game show host, the dying man, the motivational speaker, the child prodigy, the ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

DVDActive (Chris Gould)

Magnolia is not quite up there with Fight Club or The Shawshank Redemption in my list of all-time favourites, but its not too far behind. It may take repeated viewings to glean everything that can be gleaned from Magnolia, but it is well worth the time ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at DVDActive (Chris Gould)

TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)

Magnolia is a mind-blowing masterpiece of a movie--heavy in drama, intense emotional material, characters, and underlying themes. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)

Boxoffice Magazine

Carl Jung defined synchronicity as being "a meaningful coincidence of two or more events, where something other than the probability of chance is involved" and, more succinctly, "an effect without a cause. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Boxoffice Magazine

Alex Ioshpe

Paul T. Anderson's 'Magnolia' is truly an exotic flower, dazzling with its freshness and beauty. And the closer you look, the more you see of its splendor. Other critics have already written many reviews depicting its length and dullness. There are many ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Alex Ioshpe

Fantastica Daily (Mervius)

Fresh fresh fresh. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Fantastica Daily (Mervius)

Movie-Vault.com (Ian Barr)

Magnolia would have to stand as one of the successfully ambitious films I have ever seen. What could have been, and some say is, a mess, turns out to be an absolute masterpiece, and one of the best ten films I have ever seen. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Movie-Vault.com (Ian Barr)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

"Magnolia" is operatic in its ambition, a great, joyous leap into melodrama and coincidence, with ragged emotions, crimes and punishments, deathbed scenes, romantic dreams, generational ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Ron Small

As the millennium approached, various religious zealots predicted the end of the world. These knuckleheads made the assumption that Earth would be no more because of a passage in the bible hinting that "something" would happen following the commencement ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Ron Small

DVD Verdict (Harold Gervais)

I know I have written this before but the more I think about it and the more I see other movies from last year, the more I am convinced that for film, 1999 was a pretty special year. With Magnolia standing tall in last year's company, P. T. Anderson has ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at DVD Verdict (Harold Gervais)

Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)

If you've got the time and a cast iron butt, you should definitely take this in. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)

Film Freak Central (Bill Chambers)

Magnolia is a deeply felt kitchen sink movie reminiscent, in a good way. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Film Freak Central (Bill Chambers)

World Socialist Web Site

Magnolia is unwieldy, ambitious, often very moving, at times superficial and wrongheaded. Parts of it are worth supporting and praising, other parts are ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at World Socialist Web Site

Scott Renshaw

That sequence in MAGNOLIA is one of the year's best pieces of filmmaking, and I could name a dozen more moments from the film that will be sticking in my memory. If Anderson had pulled all those pieces of filmmaking together into a stronger whole, ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Scott Renshaw

San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)

Any director who shuffles the stories of nine major characters over the course of three solid hours, as Paul Thomas Anderson does, had better come up with a flabbergasting climax. In ``Magnolia,'' damned if he doesn't. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)

eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)

Just another day in the San Fernando Valley, right? Say hello to your new friends. There's the dying TV producer (Jason Robards), his male nurse (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the producer's pill-popping trophy wife (Julianne Moore) and woman-hating ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)

Edward Johnson-Ott

After an epic like "Boogie Nights," you might expect a young writer/director like Paul Thomas Anderson to follow it up with something short and breezy. Instead, the 28yearold has crafted a wildly ambitious mosaic featuring multiple storylines, roughly ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Edward Johnson-Ott

The Boston Phoenix

Last year, maverick filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson burst from the indie fold with the surprise critical and box-office hit Boogie Nights. Bolstered by this success and studio backing, he returns with Magnolia, a movie even more brilliant and, at over ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at The Boston Phoenix

The Squiz: Cine Philes ("Guido Mezzabotta")

Paul Thomas Anderson's new film, "Magnolia," is an astonishing work. Anderson has not only fully realized the promise shown with his highly acclaimed and controversial "Boogie Nights," but has taken cinema to a new and fascinating ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at The Squiz: Cine Philes ("Guido Mezzabotta")

Boxoffice Magazine

Depending on one's affinity for a certain kind of amphibian and its appropriateness in certain kinds of screen storytelling, "Magnolia" is either a masterpiece, a flawed work of art or an unbearable heap of pretentious, manipulative dung. Most opinions ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Boxoffice Magazine

FilmHead.com (Matt Heffernan)

Wow, what a year! What started like a typical weekend of unexceptional Hollywood fluff has been shaken up. There have been some pretty weird films this year, ranging from Election to Being John Malkovich, but Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia takes the ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at FilmHead.com (Matt Heffernan)

Apollo Guide

This film is about coincidence. It's about loss. It's about finding something you didn't think you could find. The lives of several troubled people intertwine on one rainy day in Los ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Apollo Guide

reVision

Leggiamo nell'introduzione al secondo volume Einaudi della Storia del cinema: "La storia del cinema americano Ã¨ una storia grande, smisurata, non comparabile con nessun'altra per le dimensioni economico-produttive, la continuitÃ dei risultati e gli ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at reVision

Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson brings us his third movie after Hard Eight and Boogie Nights (both 1997) with more confidence and skill than his 29 years would suggest. He belongs in the canon with Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, and Quentin ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)

An intricate mosaic of emotional stories intertwined by coincidence, "Magnolia" is an elegant expose of human frailty written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, who demonstrated his gift for burrowing under his characters' skins in 1997's melancholy ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)

Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

Watching P.T. Anderson's "Magnolia" is like moving deep into the heart of a vertiginous spiral. "Magnolia" takes place over one day in Los Angeles and tells interlocking stories involving a dozen different characters. The first hour and a half of the ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

Images (Gary Johnson)

When Paul Thomas Anderson began writing Magnolia, he wanted "something small and intimate"--something he could shoot in 30 days. But as he wrote, his characters began to take ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Images (Gary Johnson)

The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)

Does the film NEED to be three hours long? It's a moot point. It would be impossible to tell all these stories in less time; the question is, do ALL these stories need to be told? I say no, although I was honestly interested in each of them. I just ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)

DVDActive (Pete Roberts)

This movie pushes the boundaries of film-making and proves that ambition can really produce some outstanding work. Magnolia is no exception. Fans of this movie will want to go to bed with this DVD ensemble, while others will merely marvel at the ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at DVDActive (Pete Roberts)

Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)

Is it art raised to its highest form, or simply the pretentious masturbation of a wealthy director who has found the backing to put it on the screen? That's up to the viewer to decide, but in any case, Magnolia is certainly fascinating. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)

Lars Lindahl

"Magnolia" is a clever, well thought out film from prodigy directorwriter Paul Thomas Anderson of "Boogie Nights" fame. The detailed character analyses and the powerful script make "Magnolia" memorable. However, what really is impressive is that even ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Lars Lindahl

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

With Magnolia, director Paul Thomas Anderson has segued into the realm of the three hour movie. It's an ambitious step to take - making lengthy, ensemble movies with tangentially related and occasionally interconnected storylines can be a risky endeavor, ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Marshall Garvey

director Kevin Smith being the most notable, declared it boring andpretentious. Watching the picture, I admittedly had mixed feelings atcertain times, and the film's multifaceted storyline doesn't quitemanage to satisfyingly fill the threehour running ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Marshall Garvey

Gary Jones

Technically, Magnolia, is bigbudget American indie at its best and is beautifully photographed by Robert Elswit. Some haunting songs by Aimee Mann feature in several key sequences, including an effective scene in which we cut from one strand of the film ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Gary Jones

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Not since Robert Altman's Short Cuts have we seen such a finely-tuned ensemble piece. Yet a direct comparison between the two films would be somewhat misleading. Thematically, at least when considering ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)

Take a day (a long one) in the San Fernando Valley, mix in a bunch of oddly connected story lines, a pinch on synchronicity, a dash of humor, a cup of pathos, a leap of faith and you have 29 year old writer and director PT Anderson 's ( Boogie Nights) ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)

Soundwaves Cinema (Kristina Schneider)

An emotional storm is brewing in the San Fernando Valley. The weather forecast is partly cloudy, 82% chance of rain. The atmosphere is heavy with rising painful antagonism and dark clouds of resentment are forming. Restlessness prevails as we are ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Soundwaves Cinema (Kristina Schneider)

TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide

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Shay Casey

This film interlocks the stories of several apparently disparate characters in the San Fernando Valley. First we have dying TV mogul Earl Partridge (Jason Robards), who wastes away under the care of his golddigging wife Linda (Julianne Moore) and hired ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Shay Casey

DVD Talk (Chuck Arrington)

In it's three-hour and three minute running time, I was thoroughly engrossed. If there is one thing wrong with Magnolia it is the lack of a commentary track on the how's and why's certain things happened and progressed. Never before have I seen a film ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at DVD Talk (Chuck Arrington)

Shannon Patrick Sullivan

"Magnolia" is the brainchild of Paul Thomas Anderson, and is a sequel of sorts to his "Boogie Nights", featuring many of the same cast and crew. Some critics have reviewed "Magnolia" on this basis, but I have not seen "Boogie Nights" (yet) and would ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Shannon Patrick Sullivan

James Sanford

It is not, however, a picture the average moviegoer is likely to eat up. "Magnolia" shares with Anderson's previous film "Boogie Nights" a fascination with detail and nuance, with taking scenes to their limits and then daring to stretch them a little ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at James Sanford

Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)

I'm not saying this is a long film, but you could watch 'Weekend At Bernie's' TWICE in an equivalent amount of time. Nuff said. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)

SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

Paul Thomas Anderson had a big hit with 1997's Boogie Nights, a film that trenchantly dug into 70s nostalgia via an exhumation of the porn industry. It was a critical hit, although one's own opinion fell slightly less of such acclaim - Anderson's ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

Jerry Saravia

"Magnolia" begins with an ingenious prologue about chances and coincidences in life, told through some famous urban legends. One includes an attempted suicide that becomes a homicide, a store clerk killed by three thieves who bear his name, and the ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Jerry Saravia

Jason Wallis

Let's get one thing straight right off the bat: this is not a film for everybody. Something happens at the end of Magnolia that will be talked about and pondered over for years to come, dividing critics and public alike into those who see no relevance ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Jason Wallis

Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)

Junior genius Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnolia" may be imperfect and uneven, but this intimate epic is far too good to be considered just a noble ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)

Movieline Magazine

Notorious as the underseen, hyper-extended something-or-other for which Tom Cruise got a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, Magnolia is a veritable orgy of a movie--love it or hate it, it's impossible to ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Movieline Magazine

MovieJuice! (Mark Ramsey)

Loneliness and despair run rampant throughout Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnolia", the follow up to his 1997 hit "Boogie Nights." The story follows the lives of several inhabitants of the San Fernando Valley, each one stumbling around in their own ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at MovieJuice! (Mark Ramsey)

Time Out

Anderson's meandering multi-story megasoap with a message is over-ambitious, self-conscious, self-indulgent, self-important and clumsy into the bargain. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Time Out

Indiewire

Out with the old, in with the new. In Robert Guediguian's giant leap forward, the foremost chronicler of Marseilles working-class life enters a new arena altogether, with yet another valentine to his native port city in the south of France. Only this ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Indiewire

PopMatters (Todd R. Ramlow)

As Academy Award nomination season rolls around, I hope that Paul Thomas Anderson's absolutely brilliant Magnolia receives the accolades that it so richly deserves. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at PopMatters (Todd R. Ramlow)

Reviews on the Side (Steven Lekowicz)

You'd think that during this Oscar season I'd make sure I got out and saw more movies. You'd think the overwhelming desire to make sure I've seen as much as possible would get me away from the computer and out to the theaters, waving my expired student I. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Reviews on the Side (Steven Lekowicz)

Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

Since its theatrical release last December, a few of the film's detractors have tried to convince me of the perceived error of my ways, but my admiration for Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia remains stronger than ever. Even after a number of repeat ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

Film Freak Central

Two sprawling dramas find themselves on DVD this month, one of which references the other and hopes, maybe, to beat it at its own game. With so many films these days unduly stamped "Altmanesque," the home video restoration of the director's seminal 1975 ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Film Freak Central

Audio Revolution

The swirling stories of the awesomely ambitious "Magnolia" again invited comparisons to the movies of Robert Altman, unlike Altman, Anderson views all his characters as fellow voyagers in life, all looking for love and/or acceptance, few finding it. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Audio Revolution

Salon (Charles Taylor)

Even with a stellar cast, director Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights" follow-up flounders without a ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Salon (Charles Taylor)

3 Black Chicks ("Bams")

Magnolia sets its story up at the start by telling three Tall Tales - otherwise known as "Urban Legends" (c.f. the "Urban Legends" website and "alt.folkore.urban" Usenet newsgroup) - as if they were real ("strange things happen all the time", the ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at 3 Black Chicks ("Bams")

The Nation (Stuart Klawans)

The writer-director, Paul Thomas Anderson, throws that in, too--and yet the mood at the end is comic. You can place Magnolia by the startled laughter that erupts at the climax, during events that are (paradoxically) both cleansing and slimy. There's ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at The Nation (Stuart Klawans)

Haro Online

Paul Thomas Anderson is known for his unconventional style of filmmaking. In Hard Eight and Boogie Nights, Anderson thrust previously taboo topics into the mainstream. Hailed by many as one of a new generation of filmmakers, Anderson definitely has a ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Haro Online

DVD Review e-zine

Do you believe in coincidences? If not, "Magnolia" may be able to convert you otherwise. Take this for example, a series of coincidences that open the movie and set the mood for the rest of the picture. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at DVD Review e-zine

The (Georgetown) Hoya

Frogs fall from the sky. Before you continue (OR stop) reading, know that in P.T. Anderson's new film, Magnolia, frogs fall from the sky. Don't feel spoiled or cheated out of your movie experience; knowing it happens won't prepare you for it, as nothing ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at The (Georgetown) Hoya

sneersnipe (Tristan Lambert)

The follow-up to his better-known Boogie Nights, P. T. Anderson's Magnolia is nothing short of stunning in every respect. Essentially a Pulp Fiction-style collection of interrelated stories, it is nevertheless the complete antitheses of the Tarantino ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at sneersnipe (Tristan Lambert)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Magnolia makes it three-for-three for writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Scott Renshaw's Screening Room (Scott Renshaw)

Delivers thrilling scene after thrilling scene. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Scott Renshaw's Screening Room (Scott Renshaw)

Deconstructing Edward (Ted Prigge)

Indeed, the biggest problem is not that no one story is completely brilliant. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Deconstructing Edward (Ted Prigge)

New York Times (Janet Maslin)

What Anderson lacks in substance is offset by his great skill with actors, his gift for shaping resonant little individual vignettes and his extraordinary intuition. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at New York Times (Janet Maslin)

Apollo Guide (Mike DeWolfe)

Writer/director P.T. Anderson plays the stories off one another to great effect. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Apollo Guide (Mike DeWolfe)

Mac VerStandig

Despite opening with footage of old black and white 16 millimeter film, Magnolia quickly splices away from many timerevered filmmaking fundamentals and bravely ventures into cuttingedge territory. In that sense, the film is a true first effort and, like ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Mac VerStandig

Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)

It's in the nature of young filmmakers, if they have enough talent and chutzpah, to boldly go where (they think) no one else has gone before. Paul Thomas Anderson certainly has the chops, and in writing and directing "Magnolia" he's hung it all out, ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)

Light Views, Reviews & Previews (John Larsen)

Grey skies are going to clear up, but not before writer-director P.T. Anderson drags his characters through heaven and hell in "Magnolia." One half biblical epic, one half human opera, "Magnolia" emerges as one of the best films of 1999. "Magnolia" ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Light Views, Reviews & Previews (John Larsen)

Kamera.co.uk

Magnolia is way too much to take in at once. A second viewing isn't just preferable, it's essential, and the film has been made with this in mind. Saying that, it clocks in at over three hours, so Paul Anderson is asking a hell of a lot from his ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Kamera.co.uk

Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)

Magnolia is the new masterpiece by Paul Thomas Anderson, the man behind critically acclaimed Boogie Nights. I never have seen Nights, but have heard it is quite good. After seeing this, I know Anderson does have a talent, but is not quite fully ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)

Houston Chronicle

His credits include writer/director of Boogie Nights and Hard Eight. Anderson's reputation is such that Tom Cruise called the director, who's not yet 30, and asked to work with him on the film. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Houston Chronicle

David N. Butterworth

In a story of intersecting lives and emotions, Robards is bed ridden and dying of cancer, Moore is his emotional wreck of a trophy wife who's finally learned to love him, and Hoffman is his sensitive and beleaguered nurse. Cruise, in a dynamic ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at David N. Butterworth

Walter Frith

'Magnolia' also makes the mistake of trying to bombard the screen with too much over the top material that it loses track of its entertainment value. The film is like being grabbed by an octopus and pulled in so many directions that you're exhausted ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Walter Frith

Mark R. Leeper

As studies of characters these stories are each worth following. As wellrounded stories with a beginning, middle and end, they leave something to be desired. But the film is willing to do the unexpected and that helps make the film worth sitting through. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Mark R. Leeper

Sean P. Molloy

When I become a significant enough celebrity to be interviewed (not too long now...), inevitably I will be asked how I wound up where I am. And when that happens, I'll sit back in my flowerencircled chair... contemplate the ceiling for a moment... and ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Sean P. Molloy

Mark O'Hara

In "Magnolia," Paul Thomas Anderson has crafted just such a film, one that left me puzzled and pleased. A social epic Anderson could have borrowed Trollope's old title, "The Way We Live Now" the film chronicles the lives of several people, tying ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Mark O'Hara

Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)

You don't have to like everything [Anderson] does, but if you enjoy seeing the walls rattled and the roof raised in the Hollywood citadel, you've got to love it. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)

Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)

Anderson's movie has the audacity to expose the ugliness within a society that worships power and cherishes materialism. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)

Scott Hunt

Magnolia left me relling from the theatre, staggering from the relentless assault of an adventurous director reveling in his craft. At nearly three and a half hours, Magnolia will strike some as a brute of a film. It not only demands your attention, but ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Scott Hunt

Hollywood.com (Jim Bartoo)

Magnolia is as challenging and evolutionary a film as one could hope for. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Hollywood.com (Jim Bartoo)

Stephen Graham Jones

And now, after allowing us a few moments to swallow this, to agree with him that strange forces are at work/play behind the curtains, the 'movie' starts, and, coincidentally enough, it's all just jumbled stuff going on, about as directionless as can be. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Stephen Graham Jones

Greg King

The action of this sprawling pseudoepic takes place over the course of one inclement day in Los Angeles and follows nine principal characters, whose lives are inexorably linked.Dying millionaire Earl Partridge (Jason Robards) wants to affect a final ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Greg King

James Brundage

In the spring of 1999, a whale beached itself on the shores of sunny California. The whale was dead as a doornail... there was nothing anyone could do about that. The question became this: what do we do with its body. The State Troopers were in charge ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at James Brundage

Steve Rhodes

Although the movie has a cast of thousands, the stories are really individual ones. To underscore this, the film's killer score starts with a long and loud rendition of "One Is The Loneliest Number."In a fascinating performance likely to get an Oscar ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Steve Rhodes

Plume Noire

n Magnolia, an Altmanesqe ensemble piece, director Paul Thomas Anderson returns to his favorite location for wacked out needy people: the San Fernando Valley. Though he proves that over-ambition and arrogance do not always make the perfect movie, there ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Plume Noire

Reel.com

Magnolia features many more scenes of inspired humor and unflinching realism. Sadly, these brilliant moments are too often lost in the film's narrative jumble. Had Anderson been able to snip some of his beloved footage, he could've made this near-miss ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Reel.com

PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)

Riding in his cruiser, LAPD Officer Jim Kurring (John C. Reilly) explains what his days are like. While he laments "so much violence," he also understands it as "the way of the world," and that it makes it "our job, to serve and protect." Jim sees ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)

MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)

Grey skies are going to clear up, but not before writer-director P.T. Anderson drags his characters through heaven and hell in "Magnolia." One half biblical epic, one half human opera, "Magnolia" emerges as one of the best films of 1999. "Magnolia" ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

What that means is that once viewers have put the pieces of this mosaic together, they may not have everything that is revealed. Or in some cases, they may not be able to piece it together at all. However, there are handsome rewards for those ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City

City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

To the degree that its lengthy tale of a well-endowed young comer seemed to suggest autobiography, Boogie Nights foretold the fickle function of writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson's own cinematic tumidity. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

Reel.com

The Magnolia packaging itself is a lovely trifold, but for a film as rich and meaningful as this, the content seems underdeveloped. Even the basics are lean. English is the only language offered, either spoken or subtitled, and the chapter stops are ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Reel.com

Christian Spotlight on the Movies

Magnolia is a different kind of a movie. It's true that it's not for everyone. In fact, I would say that a better half of the population (not just Christians) would hate this movie. As for me, I fell in love with this flower called ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies

filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

Paul Thomas Anderson has pulled off an impressive accomplishment. He has directed and written two consecutive films that have been widely hailed as outstanding, and he only just turned thirty. The achievement would have even been more impressive, ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

DVD Talk (Chris Hughes)

To my way of thinking Magnolia is the kind of film that Hollywood should have been making all along. It's deep, moving and thought provoking while retaining a good deal of surface entertainment value. Magnolia is wordy and long so it won't be to ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at DVD Talk (Chris Hughes)

filethirteen.com

Of course, I didn't really have to be dragged. Anderson's "Boogie Nights" was hands down the best film of 1997. I will watch anything the man cares to unleash on the general public. And even knowing that "Magnolia" had a 3 hour and 8 minute run time, I ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at filethirteen.com

The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)

Wow, what a year! What started like a typical weekend of unexceptional Hollywood fluff has been shaken up. There have been some pretty weird films this year, ranging from Election to Being John Malkovich, but Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia takes the ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)

Mediasearch, Australia

Grey skies are going to clear up, but not before writer-director P.T. Anderson drags his characters through heaven and hell in "Magnolia." One half biblical epic, one half human opera, "Magnolia" emerges as one of the best films of 1999. "Magnolia" ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Mediasearch, Australia

Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)

Earl Partidge lies in his living room dying of cancer while his emotionally involved home care nurse Phil tries to track down his estranged son Frank Mackey, a 'self help' guru spouting misogynistic pick up strategies, while also appeasing Earl's ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)

Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)

Paul Thomas Anderson's success with "Boogie Nights" apparently encouraged his ego to run rampant with "Magnolia," a bloated, pretentious three-hour indulgence. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)

A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)

Many originally found director Paul Thomas Anderson's work fascinating years ago in "Hard Eight", a film that starred Gwyneth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson. The film's release was somewhat badly done to put it lightly, and the film hardly saw much ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)

Metaphilm

Everyone wants to talk about the frogs. Everyone loves to point out those little references to the numbers 8 and 2. I'm one of those people, and in fairness, these are some of the more interesting features of Magnolia. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Metaphilm

Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents

In California's San Fernando Valley, any given day is likely to produce the unlikeliest of occurrences and coincidences. This is one of those days. While motivational guru Frank Mackey (TOM CRUISE) stirs up his all-male audience about how to nab women, ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents

Reverse Shot

If the Nineties were watershed years in American filmmaking, it was also a decade of intense absorption for the American filmgoer. In this age of innocence, good taste too often trumped good intentions; hipsters like Kevin Smith could be celebrated for ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Reverse Shot

As the Reel Rolls (Malcolm Clark)

..operatic in its ambition, a great, joyous leap into melodrama and coincidence... ...The film's opening sequence...tells stories of incredible coincidences. Great! But what did the coincidences have to do with the price of chopped ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at As the Reel Rolls (Malcolm Clark)

Fotograma.com

Vuelve uno de los directores preferido de FOTOGRAMA.com, Paul Thomas Anderson, el de "Boggie Nights", con esta prolija, acabada y atrapante historia de una familia, que durante poco mas de tres horas ocuparÃ¡ la pantalla dejando a los espectadores vivir ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Fotograma.com

CineScene.com (Kristen Ashley)

I like slice of life films. I like weird films. I like films with curse words. I don't mind violence or gore. I like films with meaning. I like films that you don't like when you leave the theater but you like more and more as time goes on and you get a ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at CineScene.com (Kristen Ashley)

Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)

In a time when people grieve for their lack of feelings and are strangers to their own souls, we need more tales about ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)

kids-in-mind

A seemingly disparate group of people living in the San Fernando Valley -- including a game show host, a misogynistic motivational speaker, a terminally ill man, a boy genius, a police officer and an estranged daughter -- find that their lives intersect ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at kids-in-mind

The New York Times - Family Movie Guide (Peter M. Nichols)

There are a lot of private lives in the San Fernando Valley, and Mr. Anderson, director of ''Boogie Nights,'' gets into at least half of them in a mosaic of a film that takes three hours to put the pieces together, and then none too neatly. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at The New York Times - Family Movie Guide (Peter M. Nichols)

Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)

"We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us" is the recurring theme of this new movie by Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Hard Eight). ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)

Susan Granger

As a followup to the porn movie scene of Boogie Nights, writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson examines the emotional effects of physical and spiritual cancer in this manic, rambling tale of dying fathers and their pathetic children in the rootless '90s. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Susan Granger

Jam! Movies

With Hard Eight and Boogie Nights, writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson made an auspicious and promising debut. Magnolia, his latest effort, is pretentious, loud, vulgar and, at 200 minutes, inexcusably self-indulgent. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Jam! Movies

Harvey S. Karten

In Paul Thomas Anderson's vision, we are like puppets on strings, manipulated by Divine Will, flukes, happenstance, societal norms, and driven at times to nearinsanity by the afflictions of our own past. Anderson's previous film, "Boogie Nights," ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Harvey S. Karten

DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)

Paul Thomas Anderson's (usually billed as P.T. Anderson) latest film is really so much more than that, it's more of a statement on life in general. Life, living and the people we know and meet are usually thought to be determined by chance, but this ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)

The New Zealand Herald

If it was just down to totalling up bravura moments, Magnolia would be a clear frontrunner for film of the year. Anderson's ambitious follow-up to his similarly populous Boogie Nights sure doesn't lack for jaw-dropping scenes.These include the ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at The New Zealand Herald

hip online

CAST: Tom Cruise STUDIO: New Line RATING: 4.5/10 Magnolia Magnolia is the perfect example of why it is that reviews don't mean a thing. I heard everyone raving about this movie like it was the second coming of Christ, but I saw it and thought it ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at hip online

DVDBeaver

Over the course of the film, some of the characters are redeemed...others are not. Included among the doubles and doppelgangers that populate this film (two wives, two children, two child geniuses, two saviors, and at least one angel), we're presented ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at DVDBeaver

The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)

A couple of months ago, Cranky got an email from someone working on the set of writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia. He warned me that this flick was a disaster of momentous proportions but the very wording of his message made it sound like he ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)

Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)

The strategy is clearly meant to disarm us, like flashing a bright light in our faces before an interrogation. Once stunned, we're drawn slowly into Anderson's cat's-cradle storyline, where various desperate souls seek reconciliation in the blue ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)

The Tech (MIT) (Vladimir Zelevinsky)

There are indulgent films, and there are over-indulgent films, and then there is Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson's (Boogie Nights) sprawling movie devoted to one day in the life of several unhappy residents of San Fernando Valley. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at The Tech (MIT) (Vladimir Zelevinsky)

Apollo Guide (James Lap)

Magnolia is about coincidence. You have old men dying of cancer (one imminent, one not far behind), and their children who hate them for their crimes in parenting. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Apollo Guide (James Lap)

Film Monthly (Doug White)

Wow, what a year! What started like a typical weekend of unexceptional Hollywood fluff has been shaken up. There have been some pretty weird films this year, ranging from Election to Being John Malkovich, but Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia takes the ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Film Monthly (Doug White)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Based on his first two films, "Hard Eight" and "Boogie Nights," it's obvious twentysomething director Paul Thomas Anderson is that one out of a thousand young American Indie directors who is "the real thing" and on the threshold of a big ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer

New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)

I wish I could join in the chorus of praise for Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia, because I think he's extravagantly gifted. But this San Fernando Valley-based epic of alienation features often remarkable actors (Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, Jason ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)

Sunday Online, Australia (Peter Thompson)

We're all very familiar with the technique of parallel action; cutting between two stories occurring simultaneously. You know the sort of thing: meanwhile, back at the ranch, etc. But Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia is more like channel ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Sunday Online, Australia (Peter Thompson)

The Phantom Tollbooth

My common refrain during this holiday movie season has been, "That was too long." While it's certainly more common for the big Oscar films to stretch over two hours, I can't remember a time when so many movies have approached or even crossed the ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at The Phantom Tollbooth

San Francisco Examiner (Wesley Morris)

Magnolia" establishes the San Fernando Valley as a Rube Goldberg-like matrix of hysterical urban legend. The tale of a scuba diver in a tree is entwined with the urban legend of a son accidentally murdered while trying to commit suicide - and that's just ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at San Francisco Examiner (Wesley Morris)

Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)

"Magnolia" is drunk and disorderly on the pure joy of making movies. A frantic, flawed, fascinating film that is both impressive and a bit out of control, often at the same time, "Magnolia" may occasionally overshoot its mark, but it's the kind of ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)

San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)

Any director who shuffles the stories of nine major characters over the course of three solid hours, as Paul Thomas Anderson does here, had better come up with a flabbergasting climax. In "Magnolia," damned if he doesn't. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Bob Graham)

Well Rounded Entertainment (Peter G. Helfrich)

Magnolia is a jigsaw puzzle of a film that, unfortunately, once its final image takes shape, is far less compelling than the pieces from which it was fashioned. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Well Rounded Entertainment (Peter G. Helfrich)

Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)

MAGNOLIA presents a four-pack of believe-it-or-not tales, about a hanging, a forest fire, a suicide attempt, and a rainstorm. The first three are covered in the film's first fifteen minutes; the fourth takes close to three hours to unfold and involves a ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Movie Hell (Michael J. Legeros)

LeisureSuit.net

To the list of disappointing three-hour movies released this month, now add Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson's follow-up to his critically acclaimed Boogie Nights from 2 years ago. Rarely has so much talent in front of and behind the camera produced a film ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at LeisureSuit.net

Criminy Pete's Knee Jerk Spoilers

I have no idea what to make of this film. Is it three hours of neurotic self-absorbed LA people yelling and screaming at each other, with loud music gimmicks to create tension? Three hours of narcissistic horseshit about Writer/Director Paul Thomas ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Criminy Pete's Knee Jerk Spoilers

Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)

Anderson is still a solid talent, but he should remember to explore his ideas in depth as well as breadth. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)

Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)

The performances are all around great, with everyone fitting perfectly into their given role. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)

ShowBIZ Data

New Line Cinema Presents A Joanne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production; Executive Produced by Michael De Luca and Lynn Harris; Produced by Joanne Sellar; Co-Produced by Daniel Lupi; Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Opens December 17, ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at ShowBIZ Data

iofilm.co.uk (The Wolf)

This is deep at the core of loneliness, superbly constructed, magnificently performed, a collage of unforgettable images. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at iofilm.co.uk (The Wolf)

Matt's Movie Reviews (Matt Easterbrook)

Only see Magnolia if you have a lot of time (and patience) on your hands. ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Matt's Movie Reviews (Matt Easterbrook)

Needcoffee.com

Paul Thomas Anderson begins his opus with an interesting postulation. All of those urban legends (or are they? Hmmm... ...read the complete Magnolia movie review at Needcoffee.com

Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)