Cookie's Fortune (1999) - Movie Details
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| Release Date: | April 2, 1999 (Limited) |
| Genre: | Comedy, Crime, Suspense |
| Director: | Robert Altman |
| Writer: | Anne Rapp |
| Cast: | Niecy Nash, John M. Sullivan II, Ruby Wilson, Rufus Thomas, Preston Strobel, Matt Malloy, Shari Schneider, Randle Mell, Danny Darst, Lyle Lovett, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell, Charles Dutton, Patricia Neal, Ned Beatty, Courtney B. Vance, Donald Moffat, Glenn Close |
| Studio: | October Films |
| Running Time: | 117 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for depiction of a violent act and sensuality. |
The ingredients of an archetypal southern town (the blues, catfish, and scrabble), a deliciously chosen cast, and the creative skills of Robert Altman make for a wonderfully engaging film that adds to the accolades that have distinguished his outstanding career. Delectably combining farce, moral passion play, and social drama with a soupcon of mystery/suspense, Altman drives us to his grandly executed finale with a constantly inventive comedic theatricality. Generations of the Orcutt family have inhabited...
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Cookie's Fortune is one of those films that never gets much publicity but manages to hit the big time theaters and stay out for a surprisingly long amount of time. I had heard nothing about this film except that it was good - I did not even know who was in it, let alone what the film was about. But it has an all star cast, a good story, and interesting characters. Full movie review »
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