Explain to me, why and how?

Rating: 6/10 (21 December 2005)

Films like this never seem to really strike me very well. I mean, what exactly was so "great" about it?
These series of "short stories" are all just too half-baked, and the people in it don't even have much relation to one another at all. The same goal is set, and they're up and running but unfortunately they're not in the same picture, and the stories themselves are just not specific and structured well enough. The same comment goes for "Magnolia" as well. Each little story had much potential into becoming something else. Some of the ideas were actually very heart warming, some you can relate to, and some that were just plain silly but very lovable to watch. With this great (or maybe just expensive) arrangement of cast members, they could not have lost. I just think they bit off more than they could chew...