Magnolia

About Magnolia

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.

Magnolia is a 1999 drama film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Its themes are daughter, dying and death, suicide attempt, and multiple storylines.

Tom Cruise takes the lead as Frank T.J. Mackey, Philip Baker Hall as Jimmy Gator, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Phil Parma, and Julianne Moore as Linda Partridge. It runs 189 minutes and was released in December 1999.

The screenplay is by Paul Thomas Anderson. It comes from Ghoulardi Film Company and New Line Cinema. In the United States it streams on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel, and HBO Max.

My Life Without Me, Ice Age, and Hereditary make useful companions to Magnolia, all filed under farewell. TMDB voters put it at 7.7 out of 10 across 4,213 votes and it carries a R rating.