cv608_23231.txt

magnolia_NN
left_VBD
me_PP
relling_VBG
from_IN
the_DT
theatre_NN
,_,
staggering_JJ
from_IN
the_DT
relentless_JJ
assault_NN
of_IN
an_DT
adventurous_JJ
director_NN
reveling_VBG
in_IN
his_PP$
craft_NN
._.
at_IN
nearly_RB
three_CD
and_CC
a_DT
half_NN
hours_NNS
,_,
magnolia_NN
will_MD
strike_VB
some_DT
as_IN
a_DT
brute_NN
of_IN
a_DT
film_NN
._.
it_PP
not_XNOT
only_RB
demands_NNS
your_PP$
attention_NN
,_,
but_CC
challenges_NNS
you_PP
to_TO
grasp_VB
the_DT
significance_NN
of_IN
seemingly_RB
unrelated_JJ
storylines_NNS
and_CC
hidden_JJ
intentions_NNS
._.
it_PP
is_BEZ
delirious_JJ
,_,
depressing_JJ
,_,
heady_JJ
,_,
pretentious_JJ
,_,
surreal_NN
filmmaking_VBG
._.
it_PP
's_BEZ
also_RB
a_DT
movie_NN
that_CS
will_MD
polarize_VB
its_PP$
viewers_NNS
._.
director_NN
paul_NP
thomas_NP
anderson_NP
takes_VBZ
a_DT
talented_JJ
cast_NN
,_,
wraps_RB
them_PP
in_IN
a_DT
net_JJ
of_IN
interrelated_JJ
stories_NNS
and_CC
sets_NNS
them_PP
spinning_JJ
in_IN
a_DT
symphony_NN
of_IN
despair_NN
whose_WP$
song_NN
doesn't_DOZ
let_VB
up_RP
until_CS
an_DT
oddly_RB
exhilerating_VBG
,_,
biblically_RB
influenced_VBN
pseudo-climax_NN
._.
the_DT
character_NN
's_POS
make_VB
up_IN
a_DT
modern_JJ
day_NN
gomorrah_NN
in_IN
the_DT
soulless_NN
way_NN
in_IN
which_WDT
they_PP
live_VB
their_PP$
lives_NNS
._.
there_EX
is_BEZ
frank_JJ
mackey_NN
(_(
tom_NP
cruise_NN
)_)
,_,
a_DT
slithery_JJ
snake_NN
charmer_NN
of_IN
men_NNS
whose_WP$
"_"
search_NN
and_CC
destroy_VB
"_"
seminars_NNS
teach_VB
how_WRB
to_TO
mentally_RB
rape_VB
a_DT
woman_NN
to_IN
get_VB
into_IN
her_PP$
pants_NNS
._.
there_EX
is_BEZ
earl_NN
partridge_NN
(_(
jason_NP
robards_NNS
)_)
,_,
a_DT
dying_JJ
media_NN
tycoon_NN
yearning_NN
to_IN
make_VB
amends_NNS
for_IN
a_DT
lfe_???
of_IN
callousness_NN
by_IN
finding_VBG
his_PP$
estranged_JJ
son_NN
._.
there_EX
is_BEZ
game_NN
show_NN
host_NN
jimmy_NP
gator_NN
(_(
phillip_NP
baker_NP
hall_NN
)_)
,_,
a_DT
self_NN
absorbed_VBN
tv_NN
icon_NN
who_WP
is_BEZ
hiding_VBG
more_DT
than_CS
a_DT
few_DT
secrets_NNS
from_IN
his_PP$
public_JJ
._.
and_CC
there_EX
is_BEZ
police_NNS
officer_NN
jim_NP
kurring_NN
(_(
john_NP
c_NN
._.
reilly_RB
)_(
,_,
who_NP
cloaks_NNS
himself_PPX
in_IN
the_DT
codification_NP
of_IN
organized_JJ
religion_NN
and_CC
the_DT
legal_JJ
system_NN
,_,
perhaps_RB
masking_NN
a_DT
man_NN
who_WP
needs_VBZ
rules_NNS
to_IN
fuel_NN
his_PP$
decision_NN
making_VBG
process_NN
._.
given_VBN
equal_JJ
weight_NN
are_BER
stories_NNS
involving_VBG
a_DT
coke-addled_JJ
emotional_JJ
cripple_NN
(_(
melora_FW
walters_NNS
)_)
,_,
a_DT
former_DT
tv_NN
quiz_NN
show_VB
champion_NN
(_(
william_NP
h_NN
._.
macy_???
)_(
._.
a_DT
materialistic_JJ
,_,
adulterous_JJ
wife_NN
(_(
julianne_NP
moore_NP
)_)
,_,
a_DT
child_NN
(_(
jeremy_NP
blackman_NP
)_)
victimized_VBD
by_IN
a_DT
mentally_RB
abusive_JJ
parent_NN
,_,
and_CC
a_DT
caring_NN
,_,
empathetic_JJ
nurse_NN
(_(
philip_NP
seymour_NP
hoffman_NP
)_)
._.
hovering_VBG
over_IN
all_PDT
these_DT
characters_NNS
is_BEZ
a_DT
cloud_NN
of_IN
death_NN
,_,
lies_VBZ
and_CC
despair_NN
._.
it_PP
is_BEZ
not_XNOT
a_DT
pleasant_JJ
movie_NN
._.
there_EX
is_BEZ
not_XNOT
one_CD
bad_JJ
note_NN
in_IN
the_DT
acting_JJ
._.
it_PP
is_BEZ
affecting_VBG
and_CC
layered_JJ
and_CC
wonderful_JJ
._.
there_EX
is_BEZ
a_DT
moment_NN
where_CS
tom_NP
cruise_NN
wordlessly_RB
implodes_VBZ
that_CS
rivals_NNS
work_VB
he_PP
has_HVZ
done_DON
in_IN
whole_NN
films_NNS
._.
then_RB
he_PP
tops_NNS
himself_NN
with_IN
a_DT
mesmerizing_NN
deathbed_NN
scene_NN
._.
walters_NNS
plays_NNS
her_PP$
character_NN
with_IN
red-eyed_JJ
rawness_NN
and_CC
a_DT
fierce_JJ
self-destructiveness_NN
that_CS
is_BEZ
anxiety_NN
inducing_VBG
._.
robards_IN
convincingly_RB
portrays_VBZ
a_DT
fading_VBG
whisper_NN
of_IN
a_DT
man_NN
,_,
who_WP
still_RB
hears_VBZ
a_DT
lion_NN
's_POS
roar_NN
when_CS
he_PP
speaks_VBZ
._.
director_NN
anderson_NP
has_HVZ
apparently_RB
given_VBN
the_DT
actors_NNS
lattitude_VB
to_IN
emote_JJ
._.
the_DT
problem_NN
is_BEZ
that_CS
he_PP
stays_VBZ
on_IN
them_PP
too_RB
long_JJ
._.
julianne_NP
moore_NP
's_POS
character_NN
,_,
linda_NP
,_,
quickly_RB
escalates_NNS
to_IN
a_DT
frenzied_JJ
pitch_NN
of_IN
guilt_NN
,_,
tears_NNS
,_,
screaming_VBG
and_CC
remorse_NN
and_CC
never_RB
backs_NNS
off_IN
from_IN
it_PP
._.
after_IN
a_DT
few_DT
hours_NNS
,_,
it_PP
turns_VBZ
from_IN
interesting_JJ
to_IN
chinese_JJ
water_NN
torture_NN
._.
quite_RB
a_DT
few_DT
scenes_NNS
,_,
such_DT
as_IN
the_DT
game_NN
show_VB
,_,
go_VB
on_IN
just_RB
a_DT
bit_NN
too_RB
long_JJ
and_CC
will_MD
be_BE
off-putting_JJ
for_IN
those_DT
used_JJ
to_IN
a_DT
pat_NP
90_CD
minute_NN
film_NN
where_CS
the_DT
main_JJ
theme_NN
is_BEZ
reiterated_VBD
several_DT
times_NNS
just_RB
in_IN
case_NN
you_PP
missed_VBD
it_PP
the_DT
first_OD
go_VB
around_IN
._.
and_CC
just_RB
what_WDT
is_BEZ
the_DT
theme_NN
?_?
alienation_NP
?_?
hopelessness_NN
?_?
anderson_NP
challenges_NNS
you_PP
to_TO
draw_VB
your_PP$
own_DT
conclusions_NNS
and_CC
he_PP
doesn't_DOZ
make_VB
it_PP
easy_JJ
._.
the_DT
film_NN
starts_VBZ
by_IN
showing_VBG
three_CD
,_,
strange_JJ
and_CC
seemingly_RB
unrelated_JJ
events_NNS
._.
it_PP
's_BEZ
a_DT
harbinger_NN
of_IN
the_DT
synchronicity_NN
to_IN
come_VB
._.
at_IN
times_NNS
,_,
different_JJ
stories_NNS
reach_VB
reach_VB
key_JJ
moments_NNS
at_IN
the_DT
same_DT
time_NN
._.
other_JJ
times_NNS
,_,
stories_NNS
seem_VB
to_IN
veer_???
off_IN
into_IN
uncharted_JJ
territory_NN
,_,
regardless_RB
of_IN
what_WDT
else_RB
is_BEZ
happening_VBG
._.
anderson_NP
is_BEZ
audacious_JJ
enough_RB
to_TO
even_RB
have_HV
a_DT
group_NN
sing_VB
in_IN
the_DT
middle_NN
of_IN
the_DT
film_NN
!_!
what_WDT
's_POS
surprising_JJ
is_BEZ
that_CS
it_PP
mostly_RB
works_VBZ
._.
if_CS
you_PP
have_HV
doubts_NNS
about_IN
anderson_NP
's_POS
intentions_NNS
,_,
i'll_???
ask_NN
you_PP
to_IN
pay_NN
attention_NN
to_IN
the_DT
final_JJ
frame_NN
._.
despite_IN
all_PDT
the_DT
sturm_???
und_FW
drang_FW
,_,
magnolia_NN
ultimately_RB
speaks_VBZ
to_IN
man_NN
's_POS
capacity_NN
for_IN
hope_NN
and_CC
attempts_NNS
at_IN
redemption_NN
._.
despite_IN
magnolia_NN
's_POS
needlessly_RB
long_JJ
running_NN
time_NN
and_CC
its_PP$
propensity_NN
for_IN
uneven_JJ
editing_NN
as_IN
anderson_NP
plays_VBZ
the_DT
auteur_NN
,_,
showing_VBG
off_RP
fro_PP
the_DT
masses_NNS
,_,
i_PP
have_HV
to_TO
admire_VB
his_PP$
guts_NNS
._.
this_DT
is_BEZ
truly_RB
adventurous_JJ
filmmaking_NN
that_CS
spits_VBZ
in_IN
the_DT
face_NN
of_IN
conventional_JJ
storytelling_NN
._.
my_PP$
rating_NN
:_:
a_DT
bulleye_NN
._.
(_)
stars_NNS
)_(
a_DT
side_NN
note_NN
:_:
helping_VBG
anchor_NN
the_DT
film_NN
is_BEZ
a_DT
perfectly_RB
matched_VBN
soundtrack_NN
featuring_VBG
aimee_???
mann_NP
._.
her_PP
lyrics_NNS
often_RB
add_VB
depth_NN
to_IN
a_DT
scene_NN
thematically_RB
while_CS
the_DT
actual_JJ
music_NN
is_BEZ
both_RB
morose_JJ
and_CC
beautiful_JJ
._.
when_CS
she_PP
sings_VBZ
"_"
save_NN
me_PP
"_"
at_IN
the_DT
end_NN
,_,
it_PP
enhances_VBZ
the_DT
yearning_NN
felt_VBD
by_IN
the_DT
characters_NNS
,_,
just_RB
as_CS
"_"
wise_JJ
up_RP
"_"
mirrors_NNS
the_DT
anguish_NN
felt_VBD
by_IN
all_PDT
as_IN
they_PP
contemplate_VB
their_PP$
lives_NNS
._.