Review of Magnolia (1999) by Ryan B — 19 Dec 2014

Alright, people have a love/hate relationship with this because it's one of those where either you get it or you don't, it's either brilliant or nauseating. The reason this film is my favorite is because it became the oddest, longest however captivating thing I've seen in a theater.

I will explain: I saw a few commercials, heard some good stuff about it, I dragged my dad to go see it. Didn't know much about it except it looked interesting. First it starts with a WTF montage of weird coincidences, then it goes into the intro of characters which includes an old guy scoring on a younger woman, then goes into every direction except what you'd expect.

Another reason this was odd was because Mrs. Robertson (Grimace, Looney Belle, what have you...) was sitting four rows behind me. So.....not only have I dragged my dad to a three hour WTF but I also have my History teacher behind me.

For the next three hours it was the strangest but most captivating thing I saw. After hours my dad and I left the theater and didn't say much, trying to obsorb everything we saw. He immediately grabbed a cigarette and so did I, and we took long drags for the nerves.

But once we got to talking about it on the way home we both agreed it was like a 3-hour therapy session from hell. I haven't felt the same way since.