Short Cuts
User Score
7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 23
  3. Negative: 4 out of 23

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  1. No,MrMulroneycakes,IExpectYouToDie!
    Dec 2, 2002
    10
    What a great little ensemble drama this is. The only criticism anyone can come up with is that "it's not set anywhere near where Carver set his stories" - I don't think Carver could care less (in the English sense), to be honest, he wasn't especially dead when they started making it, and he gave his blessing then - and "It's sexist" - primarily because it shows women not being perfect. It shows men being just as imperfect as well, you know. Ingrate. Altman is the master.… Expand
  2. RyanM.
    Dec 26, 2004
    10
    One of my favorite movies ever. If you step back and look at "Short Cuts", it's hard not to realize this one bundles up all the great things about all the great films and puts them together. Not just one of the greatest films of all-time, but one of the greatest pieces of fiction ever, right up there with "War and Peace" and "Citizen Kane".
  3. Arhi
    Mar 8, 2006
    10
    This is a European film in America. Strong and copied many times (Crash, Magnolia).
  4. freakytea
    Nov 2, 2010
    10
    I love this movie. It's a truly magnificent piece of art, and it changed the way I thought about movies. Perhaps it isn't everyone's cup of tea, but if you enjoy challenging, thought-provoking cinema, you must give yourself a chance to savor this masterpiece.
  5. BlakeP
    Nov 1, 2012
    10
    Sure many of the characters in "Short Cuts" are bad people, but that doesn't stop this ensemble film from being creative, funny, and tragic, all at once. Robert Altman is the man to go to for films like this, and if "Nashville" left you stunned, "Short Cuts" will live your mouth open. He connects these characters, all portrayed excellently by the stunning cast, in such genius ways, and the stories themselves are all unique in some way or another. With standout performances from Andie MacDowell, Tim Robbins, and Julianne Moore, "Short Cuts" is one of my favorite films from the '90's.… Expand
  6. ellenp.
    May 15, 2008
    9
    This film is brilliant. Many haven't realized that, what Altman did was to translate Carver's writing style into audiovisual language. Dirty Realism into film. The characters meant to be shallow, because the meaning is dictated by the context.

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Metascore
79 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Schickel
    100
    It is, finally, as a richly pulsating, hugely entertaining human comedy -- antic, wayward, glancing -- that Short Cuts bemuses, amuses and finally entrances us. [4 Oct 1993]
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    90
    Exploding Raymond Carver's spare stories and minimally drawn characters onto the screen with startling imagination, Robert Altman has made his most complex and full-bodied human comedy since "Nashville."
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  3. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Rick Groen
    50
    Altman shakes the camera like a two-bit horror director, and it seems a different sort of signature - less masterful than weary, less signed than resigned. Zero-sum, indeed.
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