Review of Short Cuts (1993) by Martin L — 02 Apr 2008
Despite its 187 minute runtime, this is my favorite Altman film. There are so many great actors in this movie, so many. From Jack Lemmon to Bruce Davison to Julianne Moore to Matthew Modine to Michael Beach to Fred Ward to Tim Robbins to Robert Downey Jr to Jennifer Jason Leigh and so many others.
Chris Penn, Sean Penn's late brother, was also in this movie, in a fine role. His was one of the finest acting jobs I've seen in a movie. This was a three hour movie focusing on over a dozen characters living in or around Los Angeles whose lives tend to intersect at points.
This was similar to 2005's CRASH which won the Best Picture Oscar. SHORT CUTS was less about racism and more about individuals and the social mores they project and the consequences of acting or not acting what you believe.
Altman wrote the screenplay to this movie based on the writings of Raymond Carver. Great movie. Wonderful.
This review of Short Cuts (1993) was written by Martin L on 02 Apr 2008.
Short Cuts has generally received very positive reviews.
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