While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away, even on a fishing trip.... (Full plot summary below)
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While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation a group of Los Angeles lives intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. Whilst they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, they also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away, even on a fishing trip.
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| New TimesLuke Y. ThompsonIf you enjoy all the subpar rip-offs that came later, like Magnolia, do yourself a favor and see this movie now. |
| Nick's Flick PicksNick DavisA banquet of delicious performances, a sharp situational comedy, and an acrid send-up of contemporary mores. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonExploding Raymond Carver's spare stories and minimally drawn characters onto the screen with startling imagination, Robert Altman has made his most complex and full-bodied human comedy since "Nashville." |
| TimeRichard SchickelLos Angeles always seems to be waiting for something. Permanence seems out of reach; some great apocalyptic event is on the horizon, and people view the future tentatively. Robert Altman's Short Cuts captures that uneasiness perfectly. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatSharp-edged drama set in Los Angeles that captures and conveys the contemporary malaise of soul-sickness. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankePerhaps the most ambitious film of his career. |
| Fantastica DailyChuck O'LearyAn absolutely brilliant, 3-hour examination of detached, dysfunctional behavior in modern America. Easily one of Altman's best films. |
| The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)Mark PalermoThe interwoven stories articulate a virus of self-absorbtion that's overtaken family-lives, romances and friendships. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaRobert Altman manages to make the separate units into a seamless whole, aided by an impressive ensemble cast. |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyPart of the miracle of Robert Altman's triumphantly fierce, funny, moving and innovative Short Cuts is that you can't get this movie out of your head. You keep playing it back to savor its formula-smashing audacity, its peerless performances and its cleareyed view of blasted lives. |
