Short Cuts

  • MA (AUSTRALIA)
  • 1993


MOVIE IS behavioral fascinating superior philandering inspiring
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Positive Reviews 24
Negative reviews 6
Average Rating 3.7/5
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4.5
Altman doesnt make the mistake of getting mired in Carvers minimalist gloom. EW
5.0
The movie is based on short stories by Raymond Carver, but this is Altmans work, not Carvers, and all the film really has in common with its source is .. Rogerebert
4.5
As the grand ringmaster, its here that Altman passes the baton to his actors , whose behavioral insights are critical to the films success. Variety
4.5
From the exhilarating opening, you know Altmans epic adaptation of eight stories and a poem by Raymond Carver is going to be special. Time Out
4.5
So to Matthew Modine and Andie MacDowell, I say this: Acting doesnt have to be everything in your life.
1.0
Basically, Altmans here to tell us that life stinks and theres not a damn thing to be done about it.
4.0
Carvers stories are obviously inspiring for Altman, and thats the point, this movie is bursting at the seams with ideas and energy.
4.0
Cool, clever and complex, Altman succeeds in bringing out the best from a highly talented cast.
4.5
Tim Robbins is a self centered motorcycle cop whose long suffering wife, Madeleine Stowe, cant tolerate his philandering ways. Spirituality And Practice
3.2
We are never made to care much about the afflicted characters because Altman doesnt and thereby the stories carry very little weight. Sover
4.4
Matthew Modine, Andie MacDowell, Madeleine Stowe, and Tim Robins have moments of anger that dont ring true. ReelViews
4.4
The film is fascinating and complex, and benefits from a densely textured soundtrack that makes it as interesting to listen to as to watch. Tv Guide
5.0
Robert Altman revisited Nashville territory, and surpassed it, with this 1993 masterpiece. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
When you boil it down, there are few movies that demonstrate as well how peoples lives seem to randomly intersect, or how much of an impact we have on .. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.5
Although Altmans masterful hands manage to keep our attention from the beginning till the end, Short Cuts doesnt deserve all of the praise received by .. Internet Reviews
2.0
There are several scenes of light comedy, warm humanity, or cold tragedy. Internet Reviews
4.0
A splendid film achievement, a brutally funny collection of fragments from broken lives crafted by a director with renewed vitality. Internet Reviews
5.0
The easiest way to think about the film is, I suppose, to consider it the Los Angeles version of Nashville (1975), but that doesnt do full justice to .. Mountain X
3.5
The epidosic (by necessity) movie is uneven, but some of the stories are poignant and the acting always compelling Emanuellevy
5.0
Steven Zaillians Oscar winning screenplay tells an emotionally involving story with fascinating characters. Mr Brown Movies
5.0
The lives are often desperate and the characters inarticulate, but the group portrait is as grandly, sometimes as hilariously, realized as anything th .. Ny Times
3.8
Short Cuts lacks the sharp satire and excitement of The Player, but its still a superior film. Montreal Film Journal
4.5
Its a funny/scary vision, with a manic edge which is why, when you come down from the high of the filmmaking, you may be left with the taste of ashes .. News Week
1.5
Inevitably its a mixed bag, though the films assurance in keeping it all coherent is at times exhilarating. Chicago Reader
4.0
Performances are low key but accomplished, comedy and tragedy are delicately balanced and the whole thing has the feel of a sprawling but very absorbi .. Film4
1.5
A movie of Carvers work needed to show this process whereby simple acts and objects are also abstractions. Altman has shown it... Ny Books
4.5
Ann Finnigan Andie MacDowell Howard Finnigan Bruce Davison Paul Finnigan Jack Lemmon Casey Finnigan Zane Cassidy Marian Wyman Julianne Moore Dr. Ralph .. Hartford Courant
1.5
Short Cuts is deliberately fragmentary, laudable for its individual scenes and even more so for their cohesion. Not Coming
4.5
A triumphant rendition of Raymond Carvers vision of life on the edge of chaos.
1.5
Worth the buy for one scene: watching a young Robert Downey, Jr. elbow punch a couch. Chase Whale



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