Cookie's Fortune
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- Synopsis
- Robert Altman directed this bittersweet ensemble piece about an eccentric and entangled group of family and friends living in the Deep South. Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt (Patricia Neal) is the widowed matriarch of a small-town Mississippi family, which ......
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- Starring
- Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell, Charles S. Dutton
- Director(s)
- Robert Altman
- Distributor(s)
- October
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 118 min.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
Has no ragged edges or bothersome detours, and flows from surprise to delight. At the end, when just desserts are handed out, it arrives at a kind of perfection.Read the full review
San Francisco Chronicle | Edward GuthmannAdd Critic to Favorites
Altman has delivered a lot of surprises in his long directing career, and his new comedy, Cookie's Fortune, is one of the most refreshing -- not because it's so good, but because it's so sweet and affectionate.Read the full review
The New York Times | Janet MaslinAdd Critic to Favorites
Captivating.Read the full review
