Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 189 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
- dying and death
- daughter
- farewell
- regret
- unsociability
- chance
- becoming an adult
- parent child relationship
- suicide attempt
- loss of loved one
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Tom Cruise
Frank T.J. Mackey
Philip Baker Hall
Jimmy Gator
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Phil Parma
Julianne Moore
Linda Partridge
- William H. Macy — Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
- John C. Reilly — Officer Jim Kurring
- Melora Walters — Claudia Wilson Gator
- Jeremy Blackman — Stanley Spector
- Jason Robards — Earl Partridge
- Melinda Dillon — Rose Gator
- Michael Bowen — Rick Spector
- April Grace — Gwenovier
- Ricky Jay — Burt Ramsey / Narrator
- Emmanuel Johnson — Dixon
- Pat Healy — Sir Edmund William Godfrey / Young Pharmacy Kid
- Directed
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Written
- Paul Thomas Anderson
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 4,140 ratings
- Studio
- New Line Cinema, Ghoulardi Film Company
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
