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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 82%, Metacritic 78/100. Every source lands within 4 points of the others, across 4,100 audience votes. Scores higher than 93% of the 1,883 1990s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 9m. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Metacritic78/100
4,148 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul Thomas AndersonDirector
- Jon BrionOriginal Music Composer
- Paul Thomas AndersonWriter
Cast
- Tom CruiseFrank T.J. Mackey
- Philip Baker HallJimmy Gator
- Philip Seymour HoffmanPhil Parma
- Julianne MooreLinda Partridge
- William H. MacyQuiz Kid Donnie Smith
- John C. ReillyOfficer Jim Kurring
- Melora WaltersClaudia Wilson Gator
- Jeremy BlackmanStanley Spector
- Jason RobardsEarl Partridge
- Melinda DillonRose Gator
- Michael BowenRick Spector
- April GraceGwenovier
Stills
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Themes
dying and deathdaughterfarewellregretunsociabilitychancebecoming an adultparent child relationshipsuicide attemptloss of loved onechild prodigyreconciliation
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