Magnolia (1999)
87%RT Audience Score: 89%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 3 Oscars
28 wins & 59 nominations total
Magnolia is an ambitious, lengthy work that ultimately succeeds due to interesting stories and excellent ensemble performances
Magnolia is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get. But instead of chocolates, it’s a bunch of different storylines that somehow all come together in a beautiful mess. It’s a movie that will make you think, feel, and question everything you thought you knew about life. Plus, Tom Cruise gives a performance that will make you forget all about Mission Impossible.
Production Company(ies)
Miramax, A Band Apart Jersey Films,
Distributor
New Line Cinema
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Reseda, Los Angeles, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong language, drug use, sexuality and some violence
Year of Release
2000
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital SDDS DTS
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:3h 8m
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Language(s):English, German, French
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jan 7, 2000 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 8, 2007
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $48,451,803
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $84,035,571
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,100
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 9,164,184
US/Canada gross: $22,455,976
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $38,947,999
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,176
US/Canada opening weekend: $193,604
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $335,790
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,508
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $37,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $64,173,384
Production budget ranking: 645
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $34,557,367
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$14,695,179
ROI to date (est.): -15%
ROI ranking: 1,477
Julianne Moore – Linda Partridge
Tom Cruise – Frank T.J. Mackey
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Phil Parma
John C. Reilly – Jim Kurring
Melora Walters – Claudia Wilson Gator
Director – Paul Thomas Anderson
Producer – Paul Thomas Anderson, JoAnne Sellar
Writer – Paul Thomas Anderson
Director(s)
Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer(s)
Paul Thomas Anderson
Producer(s)
Paul Thomas Anderson, JoAnne Sellar
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 3 Oscars
28 wins & 59 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (149) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (124) | Rotten (25)
Though I couldn’t really make heads or tails of this 1999 movie, I found it interesting.
September 12, 2017 | Rating: B+
Candice Frederick
Reel Talk Online
TOP CRITIC
A decade after its release, P.T. Anderson’s emotionally epic Magnolia gets the glorious Blu-ray treatment it deserves. This Altman-esque mosaic follows several disparate L.A. citizens on one rainy day, as they navigate through mistakes and torrenti
January 22, 2010 | Rating: 87/100
Radheyan Simonpillai
AskMen.com
TOP CRITIC
A wonderful mess.
April 28, 2008
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
What this film may have needed to get on its feet is some honest-to-goodness violence.
April 27, 2007
Andrew Sarris
Observer
TOP CRITIC
One of the most enthralling and exhilarating American movies in ages.
June 24, 2006
Derek Adams
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
All the work is top-notch.
July 21, 2005
Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
Magnolia is unlike anything that Anderson has produced before or since and as such, a vital watch for anyone claiming to be a fan of the director’s work.
October 22, 2021
Toussaint Egan
Polygon
Something ineffable in Hoffman’s mannerisms, in the way he listens, expresses more than just patience but warmth.
August 18, 2021
Jonah Koslofsky
The Spool
Cruise’s performance as Mackey is really fantastic, especially when he is at his most vulnerable. Cruise is just one example of the fantastic performances in the film. There isn’t any weak link that I can point to in the impressive cast list.
April 1, 2021
Sarah Brinks
Battleship Pretension
There is no film ever that has made me think and made me feel and made me question like Magnolia.
September 15, 2020 | Rating: 4.0/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
We’re all walk-on characters in the movies of other people’s lives, and that’s what Magnolia is, a series of short films that all have a thread tying them together.
January 19, 2020
Gena Radcliffe
The Spool
The sprawling, messy, brilliant, exhausting, miraculous Magnolia-Paul Thomas Anderson’s third film-is a mosaic of Los Angeles at the turn of the century.
March 26, 2019
Sean Fennessey
The Ringer…
Plot
24 hours in L.A.; it’s raining cats and dogs. Two parallel and intercut stories dramatize men about to die: both are estranged from a grown child, both want to make contact, and neither child wants anything to do with dad. Earl Partridge’s son is a charismatic misogynist; Jimmy Gator’s daughter is a cokehead and waif. A mild and caring nurse intercedes for Earl, reaching the son; a prayerful and upright beat cop meets the daughter, is attracted to her, and leads her toward a new calm. Meanwhile, guilt consumes Earl’s young wife, while two whiz kids, one grown and a loser and the other young and pressured, face their situations. The weather, too, is quirky.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Tom Cruise’s performance as the eccentric motivational speaker in Magnolia is considered one of the best of his career.
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