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Magnolia (1999)

★ 7.7 · 3,982 ratings on TMDB

Things fall down. People look up. And when it rains, it pours.

Magnolia poster★ 7.7

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.

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Magnolia keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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