Officer Jim Curring hasn't had a date in three years, since the divorce. He spends his days in his patrol car talking to an imaginary videographer as though he were on an episode of "Cops." He gets a call to investigate a noisy disturbance at an apartment where he finds a desperate woman addicted to cocaine. It's love at first sight.
John C. Reilly deserves some kind of award for his performance as the devout, sincere, beleaguered and lonely patrolman. His story alone would make "Magnolia" a great movie, but it's only a part of the mosaic. Jason Robards, Tom Cruise, William H. Macy, Henry Gibson (as barfly Thurston Howell) and other actors too numerous to list make this a movie a great team performance. There's no "big star" -- every character is important and painfully human. The movie is full of bittersweet humor, but much more life-affirming than "Boogie Nights."
I just wonder, though, were any frogs harmed in making this movie?
John C. Reilly deserves some kind of award for his performance as the devout, sincere, beleaguered and lonely patrolman. His story alone would make "Magnolia" a great movie, but it's only a part of the mosaic. Jason Robards, Tom Cruise, William H. Macy, Henry Gibson (as barfly Thurston Howell) and other actors too numerous to list make this a movie a great team performance. There's no "big star" -- every character is important and painfully human. The movie is full of bittersweet humor, but much more life-affirming than "Boogie Nights."
I just wonder, though, were any frogs harmed in making this movie?