Magnolia

There was so much I loved about this movie. I’m just gonna list some: 1. The original soundtrack by Aimee Mann 2. The opening sequence with an arguably better version of “One”by Three Dog Night 3. The pure scale and ambition of the story  4. Paul Thomas Anderson’s perfect direction 5. Tom Cruise with the best performance I’ve ever seen him do.  6. The absurdity of “Dreams” by Gabrielle whenever Donnie gets in his car.  7. Alfred Molina calmly saying you don’t need braces Donnie in between shouting abuse at him.  8. The pacing making the 3 hr runtime feel like nothing.  9. John C. Reilly’s beautifully flawed, brilliantly acted  character and his relationship with Claudia.  10. Tom Cruise shouting “RESPECT THE COCK,” 11. Philip Seymour Hoffman in general.  And finally: 12. The fucking frogs.