Magnolia

Name: Magnolia
Duration: 3 h 8 min

3hr 8m

An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley. More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Paul Thomas Anderson

Producer:

JoAnne Sellar

Release Date:

Dec 17, 1999

Runtime:

3hr 8m

Synopsis

An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.

Cast

Pat Healy
Genevieve Zweig
Mark Flanagan
Neil Flynn
Rod McLachlan
Allan Graf
Tom Cruise
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Jason Robards
Julianne Moore

Letterboxd User Reviews

4.2

RATINGS 22.3K FANS

4.2

Amazed I NEVER knew about the frog thing. Like that was never spoiled for me. That was an amazing twist. Can you even call it a twist? Is this how people felt when Darth Vader said that thing? That was such a 2020 thing to happen. I screamed "FROGS???" to an empty room.

9.0K Likes

Karsten

Film students and critics love to make a big deal about the "showy" moments in this movie. They go on about the long takes, the prologue, the hidden 82s, the narration, the sing-a-long and the frogs. It's kind of hard not to. And with an epic run-time of 188 minutes, there…

7.9K Likes

Craig Duffy

Dec 4, 2014

Quite possibly the quickest 3 hours ever. An all around mesmerizing film from beginning till end. I am also truly shocked at how good John C. Reilly was. THE SOUNDTRACK IS AMAZING!

5.3K Likes

Evan
Jan 24, 2018

one of those movies where every time a new song comes on it triggers such a high that i think to myself "that's my favorite song in the whole world"

3.3K Likes

karen h.

Sep 5, 2025

I watched and I watched and I watched this movie when it was first released. Twice in theaters, rented three times, bought on DVD, wore it out. Gave my girlfriend the soundtrack for Christmas. Made my mom sit through it. Proselytized to wide annoyance. It was one of my…

3.0K Likes

Sean Fennessey

Mar 18, 2020

it's 🐸 raining 🐸 frogs, 🐸 hallelujah 🐸

3.0K Likes

maria
Nov 14, 2019

so are we gonna talk about the frogs or

2.7K Likes

˗ˏˋ suspirliam ˊˎ˗

Jan 28, 2019

you know it’s a good movie when it’s three hours long but you don’t get bored

2.4K Likes

sophie

Sep 15, 2025

I was told "You'll never in a million years guess how this movie ends" but actually it was very easy to predict

2.1K Likes

James (Schaffrillas)

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Maggie Wiedner loved

Magnolia

this was so sad, but I loved it. reminded me of requiem for a dream where you’re put into the shoes of a bunch of suffering characters. great soundtrack too (Aimee Mann is so incredible).

2 🔥 1 2Y

Jimmy Cricket loved

Magnolia

A beautiful story about the complexity of the human experience and forgiveness. What a painful watch because of how compassionate it is and the empathy/understanding it looks for in the characters. Everyone’s at the top of their game and PTA’s craft is unrestrained and masterful.

5M

Mason loved

Magnolia

This is one of the greatest movies of all time! Paul Thomas Anderson just does it right! I would say if you want something super crazy but also not that hard to follow you should watch this movie. This is my second favorite movie from PTA. My first favorite is There Will Be Blood

3Y
Nick Dubberly liked

Magnolia

I saw this way back in 2000, but I don’t think my young mind could really comprehend what was going on. There are some truly amazing performances here, specifically by Tom Cruise! He should have won the Oscar that year! Paul Thomas Anderson knows how to write and direct a film!

4M

ParanoidAndroid24 liked

Magnolia

some short and hectic scenes; others were slow and awkwardly long. adds to the peculiarity of this movie. basically multiple storylines that intertwine and sometimes feel like a fever dream but at the same time make complete sense and feel very normal (not the ending tho lol)🐸

1Y

James New loved

Magnolia

Reminds me of a less cryptic and less Lanthimosian Kinds of Kindness. Excellent performances but a truly brilliant script. PTA is such a good director and this is already one of my favourites of his films. That one thing towards the end which I work spoil is absolutely mental

1Y
Ben Lecker loved

Magnolia

This movie was a fantastic character study of multiple different characters that all connect. The acting was amazing, easily the best part. The story was so masterfully interweaved that Paul Thomas Anderson deserves praise. And what an ending! Speechless. Overall, solid 9/10

1Y

Jacob Hall loved

Magnolia

possibly may have found my new favorite movie ever. im an atheist, but im still a history buff, so the Book of Exodus theme in this movie made me so excited. Tom Cruise was essentially Andrew Tate in this movie and William Macy was just William Macy. 10/10

2Y

nevan loved

Magnolia

a massive project from one of my all time favorite masters of the medium, an impressive and packed anthology film with a vast amount of ideas, themes, and concepts. the characters, writing, and cinematography are all very strong; definitely worthwhile

9M