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Magnolia

Things fall down. People look up. And when it rains, it pours.

7.7(4,195)19993h 9m11

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$37M
Box office
$48.5M
Language
English
  • dying and death
  • daughter
  • farewell
  • regret
  • unsociability
  • chance
  • becoming an adult
  • parent child relationship
  • suicide attempt
  • loss of loved one
  • child prodigy
  • reconciliation

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Behind the camera

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereRWestwood, California8 Dec 1999
    • Theatrical (limited)R17 Dec 1999
    • TheatricalR7 Jan 2000
    • PhysicalRVHS25 Jul 2000
    • PhysicalRNew Line Platinum Series DVD29 Aug 2000
    • PhysicalRBlu-ray19 Jan 2010
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1817 Mar 2000
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA 15+9 Mar 2000
  • CanadaCA

    • PremierePGToronto, Ontario10 Dec 1999
    • TheatricalPG25 Dec 1999
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical1617 Dec 1999
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1420 Apr 2000
  • ChinaCN

    • PremiereBeijing International Film Festival17 Apr 2026
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical15+28 Sept 2000
  • EstoniaEE

    • Theatrical9 Jun 2000
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1224 Mar 2000
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTPVisa CNC 991981 Mar 2000
    • TVCanal +13 Mar 2002
    • TVFrance 310 Mar 2005
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival14 Feb 2000
    • Theatrical1213 Apr 2000

Frequently asked questions

Magnolia was released on 17 December 1999.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    JPV852

    7/16/2022

    8/10

    Been a long time since I last watched this but even though this was 3 hours long, never felt the length and I was pretty much captivated throughout (although I did pause a few times to get refill on my drink or grab a snack). The performances all around were great, most notably Tom Cruise, Melora Walters, John C. Reilly and the young Jeremy Blackman (Stanley). It does get heavy-handed and while I "get" the raining fr…

  • G

    GenerationofSwine

    1/11/2023

    1/10

    I remember seeing this in the theater with one of my friends, during our first year in college. We had all found our way back to town and... given we lived in the sticks... we ended up going to the movies out of habit and for lack of anything else to do. And I'll be honest, at the time, I walked out of the theater kind of blown away. I hadn't really seen a movie like that before. I mean, the closest thing that …

  • D

    Dharunn

    4/19/2023

    10/10

    Julianne Moore at her's Peak & and also all of em. **What the Frogs!**

  • B

    badelf

    2/12/2026

    10/10

    Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson I'm not sure if this entire film was built around Aimee Mann's "Wise Up," or if Magnolia is really a love letter to Aimee Mann herself. What's clear is that Paul Thomas Anderson wrote his sprawling, three-hour epic with her music as the foundation. Nine original songs from Mann comprise the soundtrack, her dark, sardonic style meshing perfectly with Anderson's vision of damaged peo…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/12/2026

    7/10

    This isn't so much a piece of cinema as a cinematographic exercise is crochet-work! There are nine folks central to it's plots - for there are at least three - yet as we progress we realise that there is a degree of integration between the characters that becomes less tangential as the stories unravel. "Jimmy" (Philip Baker Hall) has hosted a quiz series for thirty-odd years that showcases the precocious wisdom of th…

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