Magnolia (1999)

Release date: 2000-01-07
Country: USA
Language: English|German|French
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Production Co: Ghoulardi Film Company, New Line Cinema, The Magnolia Project
Genre: Drama
Rating: 8.0/10
Length: 3h 8min

Storyline

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.