Magnolia (1999)
An absolute mess of a film with nothing insightful to say about any of the topics it touches on. The dialogue is hanmy and overdone. The multitude of weaving plot threads don't intersect in any meaningful reveal or for any other reason than intersection. The pacing is rapidfire at the beginning then slows to a halt. Suddenly it's a musical. Suddenly there's an incredulous coincidence. It's like a Murakami fever dream if Murakami was boring and his characters one dimensional.
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