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.
- Suicide or self-harm
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Character
Overwhelming, contemporary, prestige and meticulous.
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- rawmeticulous
- gravecomic
Who loves it, who doesn't
52 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Prestige Hunters.
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“Is Magnolia emotionally manipulative?”
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Cast
- Tom CruiseFrank T.J. Mackey
- Philip Baker HallJimmy Gator
- Philip Seymour HoffmanPhil Parma
- Julianne MooreLinda Partridge
- William H. MacyQuiz Kid Donnie Smith
- John C. ReillyOfficer Jim Kurring
- Melora WaltersClaudia Wilson Gator
- Jeremy BlackmanStanley Spector
- Jason RobardsEarl Partridge
- Melinda DillonRose Gator
Crew
- Paul Thomas AndersonDirector
- Paul Thomas AndersonWriter
- Robert ElswitDirector of Photography
- Jon BrionOriginal Music Composer
- Dylan TichenorEditor
- JoAnne SellarProducer
- Paul Thomas AndersonProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Mulholland Drive 200173% alikeBoth prestige, contemporary, overwhelming.
Melancholia 201172% alikeBoth contemporary, overwhelming, prestige.
EO 202272% alikeBoth contemporary, prestige, grave.
Dancer in the Dark 200070% alikeBoth overwhelming, prestige, contemporary; this one is more intimate.
Synecdoche, New York 200870% alikeBoth contemporary, prestige, overwhelming.
Elephant 200369% alikeBoth contemporary, overwhelming, prestige.
The Laramie Project 200269% alikeBoth contemporary, grave, overwhelming.
Naked 199369% alikeBoth contemporary, prestige, overwhelming.
The Leftovers 201475% alikeSeries · Both contemporary, overwhelming.- To Pimp a Butterfly 201573% alikeAlbum · Both overwhelming, meticulous, prestige.
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