Magnolia - Aimee Mann - Wise Up

[reecehamilton]

This might actually be one of the most beautiful scenes in all of cinema

[roro_video]

This scene is something that, on paper, absolutely shouldn’t work. Then you watch it and it rips your heart out. Genius filmmaking, songwriting, and performances.

[jeremyadams]

I saw this movie in 1999 and liked it, but it didn't resonate for me at that moment in my life. 15 years later I rediscovered it... my Mom had just died from lupus, and watching this movie became my way of coping, of processing the pain, the anger, of dealing with how lost I felt. Every second of this (very long) movie speaks some truth. It is harsh sometimes, it is beautiful, it is ridiculous, it is hopeful, it is full of random, pointless circumstance, it is full of divine spirituality, it shows human frailty and strength. Thank you PT Anderson for creating this profound art that can reach people who are in pain. And thank you Aimee Mann for this song.

[guilhermedoido]

In the loneliness we’re together. That’s what make us human

[ashleysmith]

I watched this film 20 years ago with two great friends as we travelled the US (we're English). We'd been drinking, causing chaos everywhere we went, having the time of our young lives. One rainy day we decided we needed a break so just sat in our hotel room and watched whatever was on, which happened to be Magnolia. And it was truly a special few hours, for all of us. I think we needed to be reminded of what we were running from, speeding towards, and experiencing along the way. Life is shorter than we'd like, but try telling that to the young and you'll be laughed at. 20+ years later and we're at different places in our lives, but still good friends. I saw on of them this very evening. I feel immensely lucky for that.
This movie is like a Hundred Years of Solitude, or some other great works of humanity I cannot be bothered to recall. Foolish, hilarious, insane, full of hope and wonder and mad coincidence. Joyful and melancholy. Like humanity.

[ActualKaktus]

The warmth and empathy radiating from Philip Seymour Hoffman....😭

[beetlebum]

One of the most powerful scenes in the history of cinema

[celestomusic]

The best movie of the 90s to me. And just thinking about the fact that PT Anderson wasn't even 30 when he wrote the script makes me realize how Genius he is.

[henrik]

I was 27 when I saw Magnolia back in '99. Now I'm 52. I wish I'd been aware how much better life is when you're young. Then I'd have made sure to treasure every day.

[stanleyambrose]

"I really feel... That Magnolia is, for better or worse, the best movie I'll ever make." - PTA


I honestly feel the same way too. This movie was amazing at the first watch and magic at the second.

[davidzasloff]

I inevitably tear up when Stanley sings "so just give up". That has you realize that everybody in this scene is in real pain and are, in fact, about to give up. Makes you want to jump into the screen and give them all a big hug, especially Stanley.

[pemi]

I still remember the evening when I came back home from high school. I watched this film by chance. I could not stand up till the credits were over. I discovered myself quietly shedding tears. This film means a lot to me.

[jmwild]

The surreal "coincidence" of all these interconnected characters singing the same song at the same time, it made me tear up in 1999, and it rips me apart in 2015. After going through so many personal highs and lows since first seeing the film, there's so much more in it that I can identify with than I did then. I thought the raining frogs was so peculiar back then, but it fits perfectly with the story as I experience it again. This is PTA's masterpiece. Thank God Boogie Nights did so well that he was given the freedom to make this happen, on his terms.

[joebombero]

Tom Cruise really should have won an oscar. I had issues with my father. We reconciled long before his end but when I see Tom Cruise in this it is almost painful for me. Amazing performance.

[jpetersgoyanks]

Melora Walter’s breaks my heart in this movie, she deserved an award. Such an unheralded actress and her character is a triumph of a broken human trying to mend. In some ways she is my favorite film character of all time.

[mattokc]

The one moment when the sad, lonely little boy wake up his father and says to him, "You need to be nicer to me"...that one moment...That's the moment I lose it every time.

[lukedoyle]

If any modern director gets the absolute best out of their cast, it’s Paul Thomas Anderson, because he actually knows how to work with people. Magnolia is the best example of this. Every actor here is giving a career best performance, and that’s saying a lot because they are all GOD tier at their craft already

[cohibas]

I truly pity anyone who doesn’t ‘get’ this movie, this is truly a remarkable song
and scene

[pimproj]

Searching through comments to see others who come back to this song and movie confirms, we may be through with the past, but the past ain’t through with us.

[Innuband]

One of the best and most intelligent movies ever made. Thanks!