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ABOUT THIS FILM THE LONG ONES

Rated: | 8.0 |
Run time: | 188 min |
Director: | Paul Thomas Anderson |
Actors: | Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman |
Year: | 1999 |
SYNOPSIS
24 hours in L.A.; it's raining cats and dogs. Two parallel and intercut stories dramatize men about to die: both are estranged from a grown child, both want to make contact, and neither child wants anything to do with dad. Earl Partridge's son is a charismatic misogynist; Jimmy Gator's daughter is a cokehead and waif. A mild and caring nurse intercedes for Earl, reaching the son; a prayerful and upright beat cop meets the daughter, is attracted to her, and leads her toward a new calm. Meanwhile, guilt consumes Earl's young wife, while two whiz kids, one grown and a loser and the other young and pressured, face their situations. The weather, too, is quirky.