If, like me, you鈥檙e an Altman fan, this film is one of his very best鈥ertainly the best film of his since 鈥淣ashville鈥�. Altman does the cinematic equivalent of pointillism: at first it鈥檚 separate and seemingly disparate tales that do in the end come together in the mind to paint a complete and vibrant and truly authentic picture. Just as 鈥淣ashville鈥� was a snap shot of America in the mid 1970鈥檚 , so is this film a snap shot of us twenty years later; and both still relevant.

Easily Robert Altman鈥檚 most vividly incredible films. The way he interweaves so many stories and relatable and complex characters is almost hard to understand how he accomplished this. One of my all time favorite films and inspired the likes of PTA and Wes Anderson.

Certain things are masterfully done, such as the cinematography and the acting. Other things are goofy - such as all the nude scenes, I didn't see the point of it, I could have done without seeing Huey Lewis' penis. The stories themselves - meh. I guess that's not the fault of the director, but rather the writer whose stories this was based on. Every character in this film has got issues, for most of them its due to a lack of integrity - bitter, cheating people; self-absorbed people who don't care about anyone. The only character who seemed decent was Andie MacDowell, yet a tragedy befell her, a worse tragedy than what befell the other slimy characters ...what's the point of that? Well, obviously the point that they're making is either the absurdity of life or the absurdity of the shallow people in the film. Either way this type of message is very one-sided and fails because it doesn't show the other side.

Despite its big runtime, "Short Cuts" is engaging from beginning to end. Thematically-wise, it's dense and layered, and it boasts great performances from its incredible ensemble cast. Its biggest achievement is the way all the different stories and characters are balanced and interconnected. Even though they don't all receive the same attention, they remain interesting and realistic throughout and they play their part in the - hilarious, upsetting and thought-provoking - grand scheme of things.

I didn't see what the connections were. Not very enjoyable.

So many whackos in LA! Cast is loaded with A-listers whose stories intertwine here and there...but mostly its a motley cru mess of short narratives of nuts.

Meticulously controlled the assemble cast and stories, all loosely connected and happened in somewhere in LA. It's getting interesting after 30min passed and glueing until the end because you can't expect how it's gonna end. Casey's case is the most moving. I'm kinda feel cheated by the earthquake ending though.

One of the best movies ever made. And at first, this glance at the scum amd sludge and anomie of lif low life and high life in 90s Los Angeles is a downer; filtered through the ouvre of Raymond Carver short stories. But at close to an hour it really starts getting to you; all the tragedy; the hope; the dreams; the sexual assaults; the reconciliations; the darkness of it all; the mountains; the rivers, the picnics; the suburbs; all this crazy life; filtered through so many struggling sad characters; it's almost like a modern Les Miserables. And yet; in each story; just a smattering of hope; you really feel the pain and pleasure of each life presented; such a stunning mosaic of so many people. By the end; at the unifying armageddon-ish earthquake which brings all these characters together; you're really quite moved; as you realize Altman has chronicled not only Los Angeles life; but life itself; for all of us. Really quite breathtaking.

In Robert Altman's Short Cuts, characters seem to live on the periphery of happiness, but are denied joy by either their own insecurities, the interference of others, or unspeakable tragedy. Based on short stories by Raymond Carver, the film consists of a series of loosely interwoven stories set in Los Angeles, similar to Altman's masterpiece Nashville. With the exception of Jack Lemmon, who plays the same stammering character he seems to have played over the last twenty years of his career, the cast is uniformly excellent and the movie, despite the devastating heartbreak on display and its considerable running time, is a joy to watch.

None of the 100 characters were developed enough for me to care much.

Contundente film noventero de Robert Altman. When we were young.

Shortcuts is a typical Altman film featuring all of his traits that have become so famous in time. Robert Altman was a master director and it is great that with the advent of the internet the new generation can know and watch films of his that they would never have gotten an opportunity otherwise. Short cuts, much like most of his films is an ensemble piece featuring top notch actors playing distinct characters in the city of Los Angeles. All are connected- some literally, all thematically. This is a great piece by a master and it inspired many filmmakers, among others PT Anderson. Go watch it now.

Great cast and stories, a little campy.

Robert Altman was a master director and it is great that with the advent of the internet the new generation can know and watch films of his that they would never have gotten an opportunity otherwise. Short cuts, much like most of his films is an ensemble piece featuring top notch actors playing distinct characters in the city of Los Angeles. All are connected- some literally, all thematically. This is a great piece by a master and it inspired many filmmakers, among others PT Anderson. Go watch it now.

I imagine that the experience someone would get from watching Avengers: Infinity War without seeing any of the prior MCU films is roughly the equivalent to what I felt when watching Short Cuts. They keep throwing more and more people at you, as if you know them or have some reason to care about them. They all have their little stories that sometimes intersect, and then it all comes to a big dramatic conclusion that is disappointing and lacks finality. The difference is that Short Cuts is not part of a cinematic universe, these are not pre-established characters that I could learn about by watching their own movies, and there won鈥檛 be a follow-up film to resolve the storylines. Instead it鈥檚 just a bunch of horrible people living their miserable lives, and we get the joy of tagging along for the ride. Most of these terrible stories focus on broken marriages, infidelity, and death. There might be three sympathetic characters in the entire movie, and I was actually interested in their story, but Short Cuts doesn鈥檛 have time to dwell too long on any one group of people. You can definitely see that Paul Thomas Anderson drew a ton of inspiration for Magnolia from this movie. I didn鈥檛 particularly love that movie either, but at least he handled it a little better, and knew when to focus in on a powerful moment. Short Cuts is a movie that does nothing for me, and the few snippets of time that it was interesting and impactful were drowned out by the deluge of new characters and frustrating stories.

Very interesting to see this for the very first time, 25 years after it was made. All the nastalgia aside however, my favorite part of this film - is its obvious role in planting Magnolia's seed.

Pretty long damn movie, but a great one at that. Once again, Robert Altman took me on this journey through all these diverse and interesting characters and made me watch the whole thing attentively. He puts you right in the middle of it all, and you just have to go with it. I think that's what I like most about his movies, is that they're like a roller coaster. Once you strap yourself in, your forced to ride the whole thing out. I'd watch this movie again, I just wish it was a bit shorter.

One of Robert Altman's most ambitious films, and also perhaps his most influential (Paul Thomas Anderson more-or-less ripped it off for his Magnolia). Leading a large ensemble cast with an inter-weaving series of sub-plots (some more connected than others), Short Cuts was a big risk for Altman especially as he wasn't at his most popular phase when he shot it, but he has a strong basis for the film in its source material. Based off of the short stories of Raymond Carver, the sublime prose of those stories is readily apparent here (even if most of them are rather loosely adapted), and the material regarding marriage and sex are remarkably still raw by today's standards. Still, it's an Altman movie through-and-through, and he gives a bit of a Los Angeles-spin on Carver's work, by both capturing the massive landscape of the city, but also allowing more intimate close-up cinematography for the characters. The sub-plots are all human and fun, as well as quietly devastating at times too, and Short Cuts manages to conclude in a way that satisfies all the individual yarns, while not coming off as hokey. Ensemble dramas have become more frequent and idolized in Hollywood in the two decades since Short Cuts, but almost none of them are as worth the effort as this.

Here it is, the definition of Tragedy & Comedy. All laid out & over 3 hours time. So many stories intertwined and some just obtuse (um, Chris Penn?). Captivating and never boring. One of Altman's best.

Follows an entire list of characters as they navigate their way through suburbia, all linked together in typical Altman fashion.