Magnolia k &k &

(out of 5)

Written and directed by Paul
Thomas Anderson.

Starring Jason Robards,
Julianne Moore, Tom Cruise,

John C. and Phili
Seymour Hi Miofiaan. P

- Julle Crawford
Film Reviews

- IT’S impossible to review a
film like Magnolia in a
dozen or so inches of
. Mewspaper type. It crams
‘three films’ worth of mate-
‘vial into three hours, and
to unravel each storyline

“would amount toatome _ .

the length of a post-gradu-
ate thesis. .

-. Paul |: Thomas Anderson’ 's

Altman-esque follow-

up to. Boogie Nights isn’t without

merit, however. ‘The calibre of act-

i from the ensemble cast is a trib-

of Hall) is the host of Earl's TV quiz -

Friday, December 31, 1999 ~ North Shore News — 15

Magnolia’ S three-hour montage |

Phil Parma (Philip Seymour Hoffman, right) races against the clock to futfilt the wish ofa
dying man (Jason Robards) in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia.

band’s irapending death with a

daily cocktail of barbituates. She

married Earl for his money; now

that he is dying she actually loves ‘

Phil Parma (Philip Seymour

Hoffman) is the nurse assigned to

make Earl’s last days as comfort-
able -as possible. He. provides a

‘ioral centre for the film, and fran-
: tically tries to reunite Earl and

Jimmy. Gator (Philip Baker

: show. “What Dc Kids Know.”

Claudia ‘(Melora. Walters) i isa

-foke addict, damaged by child-

Reilly) is the gentle officer who
responds to a noise disturbance call
at Claudio’s ent. He’s too
dim to spot the obvious signs. of
drug use and falls in love wi her.

William H. Macy is a former
contestant of the quiz show, a

pathetic, grown up cxample of
what stage parents do to ther to their chil-

dren. The current whiz kid is faring .
no better: he’s all but invisible to”
his father unless he’s winning :

pe
The quiz show, which pits the

. knowledge of children against

esting devices

the interest of the audience

for the film’s three-hour, 10-

minute running time (a feat *
bar

st iP
gue to ¢ action c
characters.

But too many devices spoil the
celluloid stew.

a co ranme t heavy editing.
As it is, the result, walking away
from the

eal good fn buried
there was a really good
in there somewhere. :

fia is an ambitious flm-

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