Magnolia

Magnolia1999

R Film · Drama · 189 min · Dec 17, 1999 Golden Bear2000 +5 Awards: wins 4, nominations 2
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Things fall down. People look up. And when it rains, it pours.

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.

Paul Thomas Anderson
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F. X. Feeney · L.A. Weekly 100.00/100.00

Part poem, part jungle blossom, all brilliance.

白斬糖 5.00/5.00

群像是假象,真相是PTA压抑已久的个人秀。人物是不存在的,只剩下被充溢的情感符号,张力也是不存在的,因为剧本从不跟从冲突的发生,没有伦理的角力,也并不提供鸟瞰问题的全貌,只有被预设和假想的困局,而电影则是这种困局的迷宫席卷而过的秀场,形式来自奥特曼,动力却接近伯格曼:像一场无穷无尽的发热病,我们钻进一个现实被过分放大的虚构里,以至于除了接受表演之外毫无选择。即便如此也依旧好看,也许是PTA最“好看”的电影,因为发疯已经完全不需要一个宏大的主题和沉重的理由,疯就是爱,疯就是惹麻烦,疯就是以世界之所是全盘吞下。

Wesley Morris · San Francisco Examiner 100.00/100.00

Spellbinding.

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