Magnolia (1999)

Rated R

 

Runtime: 3 hours and 8 minutes

 

Genre: Drama

 

Director and Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson

 

Actors: Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Melinda Dillon, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, William H. Macy, Alfred Molina, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Jason Robards and Melora Walters

 

Budget: $15,000,000

 

Box Office: $48,446,761

Feedback: Very epic film to watch! Highly recommended!

 

Positives:

• Highly suspenseful

• Lovable dialogue, character development and acting

• Understandable the character's psychology, trauma, trouble, struggle and health

• Best story structure ever

• The wise up song for characters singing is heartwarming and calm

• Frog rain was amazing

Negatives:

• A few minor pacing issues with scenes that are kinda rushed

• Some locations seem to be a little stale and not very clean

• Interview scene seems to be taken longer

• A little flashy while title begins

• Too fast with too many shots going on

• Camera at a few shots does look squished

 

Overall Verdict:

Story 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (10)

Character/Actors 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (9)

Dialogue 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (9)

Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Background/Sets 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Background Music/Audio 0 1 2 3 4 5 (5)

Camera/Editing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

45/50                                           9.0/10