Magnolia is a dense, somewhat exhausting film. Clocking in at nearly 3 (!) hours, the Paul Thomas Anderson-lensed drama is based in Los Angeles, and tells the tale of several archetypal Angelenos, who are all inevitably linked by fate in the end. It takes place over the course of a single day, where all the key characters are somehow, some way, separated by six degrees. Sure, the film is packed with too much emotion and too many characters, but their lives are like car crashes, littered with …more

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