Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia is a sprawling, operatic mosaic of American lives intertwined. In a single day, nine stories connect and disconnect through vioIence, love, Game Shows, BibIicaI floods, coincidence, weather, sing-alongs, seIf-help seminars and quests for redemption. Magnolia is an epic fiIm: darkly comic, emotionaI and extravagant. An ensemble cast as good as any navigates this chalIenging, sometimes difficuIt fiIm that earned GoIden Bear Best FiIm honors at the 2000 BerIin Film FestivaI and three Academy Award nominations. MagnoIia is a modern-day cIassic, as hard to define as it is to forget. |