This is black comedy light, but you'll catch the undercurrent of ingrained racism in the hands of Glenn Close's villainess character Camille Dixon.

| Original Score: A | Dec 18, 2020

This serio comedy about an eccentric Southern family is a minor work in Altman's oeuvre, but it's well acted and enjoyable.

| Original Score: B- | Aug 10, 2011

Despite several silly twists near the end, the acting is quite charming.

| Jul 21, 2010

This isn't great Altman but it's fun Altman.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 21, 2010

Despite some lovely performances (though, sad to say, Patricia Neal's isn't one of them) and charming moments, this meandering ensemble piece and its Tennessee Williams-ish finale is oddly out of character.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 21, 2010

Most of what transpires is low-key, affectionate comedy and a fair amount of fun.

| Jul 21, 2010

Cookie's Fortune is a wittily diagrammed portrait of a small town shaken to its roots by this deceptive calamity. The movie, though, never really becomes more than a diagram.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 7, 2010

The deceptively modest Cookie's Fortune may or not be Robert Altman's best film in years, but it is certainly his most pleasurable.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2009

[An] earthy, gently comic tale of death and family dysfunction.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2008

Altman has a way of making every character a lead, yet supporting at the same time.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 18, 2007

Legendary director Robert Altman gives us a crime movie that somehow makes an old story seem fresh and funny.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 26, 2006

What's so distinctively charming is the easygoing tone, which manages to turn black comedy into a strangely gentle, touching and delicate affair.

| Feb 9, 2006

The perfect melding of story, characters, actors and behind the camera talent, all under the expert control of Altman.

| Original Score: A | Apr 9, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 20, 2003

Everyone loves a good murder mystery. And with a distinguished director like Robert Altman at the helm, and with talent like Glenn Close, Patricia Neal, Charles Dutton, Ned Beatty, and Julianne Moore, it would be hard to miss.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 8, 2003

A charming, quirky tale of small-town intrigue featuring a crackerjack cast.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 15, 2002

Though it's the screen equivalent of cotton candy,"Fortune" is made with a very high grade of sugar.

| Jun 23, 2002

There's no major message in this Cookie, only a fortune that reads, "You will have a good time."

| Mar 24, 2002

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 19, 2002

The old energy and bite may be lacking, but at least this lazy, amiable shaggy-dog story was made in the same freewheeling, idiosyncratic way as Altman's best work.

| Mar 5, 2002