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Based on stories by Raymond Carver, Short Cuts follows 22 Los Angeles residents whose lives intersect over the course of a few days. Ann and Howard Finnegan (Andie MacDowell and Bruce Davison) are preparing for their son Casey's birthday party when the boy is injured in an auto accident and falls into a coma. Meanwhile, Andy (.. Read more

Starring	Andie MacDowell, Tim Robbins, Madeline Stowe, Bruce Davison
Director	Robert Altman
Genres	Drama

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- SHORT CUTS is a logical triumph, certainly; a masterpiece of orchestration... Comic touches... biting irony and delight in observation
- 41580
- - Sight and Sound
  - 23 Nov 2007 at 02:17
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  - 1
  3 hrs of pure quality from Altman the master
  
  If you're going to rent one film, rent Short Cuts, Robert Altman's rambling masterpiece which he based on Raymond Carver's collection of stories of ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - deckboy
  - the north
  - 01 Feb 2005 at 21:11
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- - 0
  - 2
  pointless movie
  
  to say this movie was pointless is an understatement...I found myself skipping forward through to the end!! really disappointing considering the A list movie ... read more »
  
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- - jackintheboxx
  - 17 reviews
  - Worcester
  - 08 Jan 2012 at 23:46
- - 0
  - 3
  Don't waste your time
  
  Just about the worst film I have watched for a long time. If you want to spend your time more productively, do some painting and watch it dry.
  
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- - Jantb
  - 1 review
  - 03 Dec 2011 at 00:05
- - 0
  - 0
  LA bits and pieces
  
  Not overly impressed by this rambling film. The camera work is fine but for me the storyline does not have much depth.
  
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- - a customer
  - 01 Dec 2011 at 18:40
- - 0
  - 0
  A dog on a motorbike
  
  The setting, style and approach are instantly recognisable for those who have seen Pulp Fiction - which is everybody, really, isn’t it. The parallel story-... read more »
  
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- - Stephen
  - North Cornelly, South Wales
  - 09 Jul 2011 at 13:27
- - 0
  - 2
  Disappointing .. too complicated
  
  Too complicated.. your enjoyment is marred by trying to keep up with very involved story lines ..not for me ..
  
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- - a customer
  - 18 Jun 2011 at 08:58
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  - 0
  I’m a bit shocked...
  
  ...I hadn’t seen this sooner. It’s like a collection of some of my favourite actors have been chucked into the fountain of youth. Or it might have ... read more »
  
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- - Mynameismully
  - 3 reviews
  - Manchester, UK
  - 15 Dec 2010 at 00:35
- - 0
  - 0
  dark but with occasional humour.
  
  As the name suggests Short Cuts is a series of short stories cut up and very loosely connected. It yarns of several couples, from a variety of social ... read more »
  
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- - BrotherJackMcDuff
  - 21 reviews
  - The Inner Sanctum
  - 12 Jul 2010 at 21:53
- - 1
  - 0
  Good concept - poor execution
  
  This film has a decent idea behind it but doesn't see that through. For a start it is just far too long for what it is. For the film to get away with such a... read more »
  
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- - hawickfanclub
  - 5 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 30 Jun 2010 at 20:34
- - 0
  - 0
  Long but compulsive
  
  At comfortably over three hours, Short Cuts ought to be a slog. Not a bit of it! At no time did I want it to end and nor for that matter did I see how it would ... read more »
  
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  - northampton
  - 08 Jun 2010 at 16:31
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  Made me want to go and read some Raymond Carver
  
  I found this engaging. OK so there's not firm linear plot, but so long as you submit to that and pick up what you can as you go along, you'll get your ... read more »
  
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- - Slurs
  - Scotland
  - 28 Feb 2010 at 13:42
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- - 47
  - 1
  3 hrs of pure quality from Altman the master
  
  If you're going to rent one film, rent Short Cuts, Robert Altman's rambling masterpiece which he based on Raymond Carver's collection of stories of ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 68873
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - deckboy
  - the north
  - 01 Feb 2005 at 21:11
- - 21
  - 2
  Fantastic!
  
  This film is a modern masterpiece, it's in my five. Even if you(as I do!), despair of Robert Downey Juniors choice of movies, take a leap of faith because ... read more »
  
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- - Tina
  - wales
  - 26 Jul 2005 at 02:54
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  Short Cuts
  
  I really did try to watch this film but I failed. The short storylines left me confused and waiting for the main 'story' to begin. With the amount of ... read more »
  
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- 524078
- - a customer
  - NI
  - 08 Feb 2008 at 22:27
- - 13
  - 3
  Poor
  
  I'm sure it's very well directed, acted etc but as a film it didn't really do it for me. It didn't fit together and make me think 'oh that&#... read more »
  
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- - thefluff
  - 49 reviews
  - Worcester
  - 07 Feb 2008 at 09:54
- - 10
  - 4
  What is the hype about?
  
  I had to stop watching after 30 minutres. Absolutely nothing happens during this movie and we were bored.
  
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  - Chantal
  - 1037 reviews
  - London
  - 15 Jul 2008 at 12:42
- - 6
  - 3
  Awful, awful, awful
  
  Possibly the worst film I've ever seen, but as I couldn't put up with any more than the first twenty minutes or so I'll never know just how terrible... read more »
  
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- - Craig Lambert
  - Lancashire, England
  - 29 May 2008 at 21:54
- - 3
  - 0
  Unpleasant characters going nowhere
  
  This film is of the style of lots of interelated/colliding story lines and came out before this style of plot became old hat. It may have been interesting as an... read more »
  
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- - Yuri
  - London
  - 30 Apr 2008 at 19:41
- - 1
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  simply brilliant
  
  when the story doesn't really matter it can be difficult to make a great film. yet, here, they did.
  
  no need to look for crutchs of special ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 15 Apr 2009 at 13:08
- - 1
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  Good concept - poor execution
  
  This film has a decent idea behind it but doesn't see that through. For a start it is just far too long for what it is. For the film to get away with such a... read more »
  
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- 902351
- - hawickfanclub
  - 5 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 30 Jun 2010 at 20:34
- - 0
  - 0
  Short Cuts
  
  A predecessor to Crash without getting the tight links the later film made. Worth seeing for the ensemble and for early performances of some great actors and ... read more »
  
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- 536937
- - Dunsimpson
  - 3 reviews
  - Cromford
  - 09 Mar 2008 at 12:44

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  Based on stories by Raymond Carver, Short Cuts follows 22 Los Angeles residents whose lives intersect over the course of a few days. Ann and Howard Finnegan (Andie MacDowell and Bruce Davison) are preparing for their son Casey's birthday party when the boy is injured in an auto accident and falls ...