Robert Altman's masterful collage of intersecting lives in California. Loosely based on the stories of Raymond Carver, Altman weaves over twenty characters' stories to a profound and brilliant end. It's also quite funny. With stunning performances by Tom Waits, Lily Tomlin, Robert Downey Jr, Jack Lemmon, Tim Robbins, and the sadly recently departed Chris Penn, along with many others, this is a truly engrossing and powerful movie that I can't recommend enough.
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