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Genres:
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Drama
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Director:
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Paul Thomas Anderson
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Actors:
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Julianne Moore,
Ricky Jay,
Melora Walters,
William H. Macy,
John C. Reilly,
Tom Cruise,
Philip Baker Hall,
Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Jason Robards,
Alfred Molina,
Michael Bowen,
Jeremy Blackman,
Melinda Dillon,
April Grace,
Luis Guzmán
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Duration:
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181 min.
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Rating:
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(8/10)134.5
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Plot Summary:
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In the style of Ripley's Fancy It Or Not, coincidence has played a part in three deviant deaths during the heretofore century... Jimmy Gator has hosted the popular quiz reveal "What Do Kids Differentiate?" in Los Angeles for more than 30 years. Stanley is the brightest of the three kids currently reigning on the guide. Jimmy is disassociated from his daughter, Claudia. Living in her tuppence apartment, Claudia is hooked on cocaine. Donnie Smith had been a famous whiz kid on Jimmy's show decades ago. Since being reach by way of lightning, he does promotional inflame for the Solomon Bros. appli... ance market and dreams of getting an expensive address oneself to of braces for his teeth. Explicit Mackey is a exceptionally successful motivational speaker. His aggressive seminar on dating, "Lady-killer and Destroy", is well-head attended past frustrated bachelors. Officer Kurring answers a call at a woman's apartment and finds a corpse in her closet. Affluent producer Earl Partridge is bedridden and dying of cancer. His charming wife Linda married him fitted his money... The interrogate show kids are close-knit to setting an all-time record; Stanley feels the influence from his father. Jimmy has learned that he has cancer and only two months to live. Officer Kurring arrives at an apartment where neighbours have on the agenda c trick complained about the clangour; Claudia opens the door. Earl asks Phil, his , to contact his estranged son; the younger Partridge right away uses the name Frank Mackey...
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Modern masterpiece.
A masterpiece of modern cinema from director PT Anderson, DoP Robert Elswitt and the ensemble cast.
Technically outstanding, visually stunning, superbly acted - there are not enough superlatives to throw at this film.
I would not trust anyone who does not like this film or is not moved by the Aimee Mann inspired 'Wise Up' sequence.
Breathtaking and innovative filmmaking on the grandest scale. If you enjoy this, also check out Anderson's little known gem of a debut 'Hard Eight'.
'We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us'
I want those Three Hours Back
This film was dull, much too long and extremely unrewarding. I felt really let down by the pretentious ending. There are some good moments to this film of course but when the credits dawned I felt cheated out of three long gruelling hours.
Don't believe the hype!
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