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Using the short stories of Raymond Carver as a springboard, American maverick director Robert Altman weaves a tapestry of interlocking tales set against the seedy backdrop of contemporary middle-class Los Angeles. Tracking the various stages of denial, rage, and despair in the lives of several couples--a philandering cop and .. Read more

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

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Critics' reviews (4) of Short Cuts
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SHORT CUTS is a logical triumph, certainly; a masterpiece of orchestration... Comic touches... biting irony and delight in observation
- Sight and Sound
- Posted 23 Nov 2007
From the exhilarating opening, you know Altman's epic 'adaptation' of eight stories and a poem by Raymond Carver is... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
Robert Altman has made his most complex and full-bodied human comedy since NASHVILLE in SHORT CUTS
- Variety
- Posted 23 Nov 2007
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38 out of 39 people found this review helpful

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 ... more

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- - deckboy from the north
  - Posted 01 Feb 2005 21:11
20 out of 22 people found this review helpful

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 ... more

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- - Tina from wales
  - Posted 26 Jul 2005 02:54
13 out of 15 people found this review helpful

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 ... more

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- - A customer from NI
  - Posted 08 Feb 2008 22:27
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12 out of 15 people found this review helpful

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&#... more

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- - thefluff from Worcester
  - Posted 07 Feb 2008 09:54
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

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... more

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- - Yuri from London
  - Posted 30 Apr 2008 19:41

38 out of 39 people found this review helpful

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 ... more

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- - deckboy from the north
  - Posted 01 Feb 2005 21:11
20 out of 22 people found this review helpful

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 ... more

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- - Tina from wales
  - Posted 26 Jul 2005 02:54
13 out of 15 people found this review helpful

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 ... more

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- - A customer from NI
  - Posted 08 Feb 2008 22:27
12 out of 15 people found this review helpful

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&#... more

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- - thefluff from Worcester
  - Posted 07 Feb 2008 09:54
9 out of 11 people found this review helpful

[Highly rated reviewer]

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
  - Posted 15 Jul 2008 12:42
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

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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... more

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- - Craig Lambert from Lancashire, England
  - Posted 29 May 2008 21:54
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

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... more

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- - Yuri from London
  - Posted 30 Apr 2008 19:41
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 ... more

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- - Dunsimpson from Cromford
  - Posted 09 Mar 2008 12:44
Dated

I watched this film in the theatre when it was first released. I liked it better then. Now it seems a bit dated. What stands out is the extent to which the ... more

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- - DrJ from Glasgow
  - Posted 13 Mar 2008 11:50
Excellent.

I enjoyed Magnolia and I also enjoyed Happyness, however after seening this I am not so sure. This film was far more interesting both in it's characters and... more

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- - RugbyAlex from Devon
  - Posted 01 Apr 2008 16:59

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Critics' reviews (4)
SHORT CUTS is a logical triumph, certainly; a masterpiece of orchestration... Comic touches... biting irony and delight in observation
- Sight and Sound
- Posted 23 Nov 2007
From the exhilarating opening, you know Altman's epic 'adaptation' of eight stories and a poem by Raymond Carver is... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
Robert Altman has made his most complex and full-bodied human comedy since NASHVILLE in SHORT CUTS
- Variety
- Posted 23 Nov 2007
Big, tumultuous, very fine... Most of the performances are astonishing
- New York Times
- Posted 23 Nov 2007

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