Review of Cookie's Fortune (1999) by Ella Taylor for L.A. Weekly — 30 Oct 2013

Not even Altman's loose-limbed shooting style can redeem Cookie’s Fortune, a bafflingly pointless farce that belongs more properly in the vaudeville halls than on the director's sporadically lustrous résumé.

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This review of Cookie's Fortune (1999) was written by Ella Taylor and published by L.A. Weekly on 30 Oct 2013.

Cookie's Fortune has generally received positive reviews.

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