From the writer-director of "Boogie Nights", this 3 hour plus drama follows several different stories over the course of a weekend in Los Angeles. Most of the characters are fascinating, and ultimately there are maybe too many stories going on. The movie is in some ways a disappointment, but it's worth seeing for some individual scenes and knockout performances (Tom Cruise got an Oscar nomination and a lot of attention for his role, but the rest of the cast is just as good if not better, especially Julianne Moore, Jason Robards and William H. Macy). Finally, to watch this one you have to have a high tolerance for the "F" word.
