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- 2003
- R
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
- 1 h 43 m
- 2003
- R
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
- 1 h 43 m
Summary A rigorously honest exploration of relationships between people with wildly divergent world views. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Written By: Lisa Cholodenko
- 2003
- R
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
- 1 h 43 m
- 2003
- R
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
- 1 h 43 m
Laurel Canyon
61
8.5
Where to Watch
Summary A rigorously honest exploration of relationships between people with wildly divergent world views. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Written By: Lisa Cholodenko
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
61
53% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
42% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
61
53% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
42% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
A romantic comedy of grace notes and mini-epiphanies -- mini, that is, except for Ms. McDormand's Jane, who is memorable to the max.
Reconfirms the filmmaker's talent as an acutely observant chronicler of upscale bohemian subcultures.
In its milieu and parallel story lines, the film suggests a bantam "Short Cuts," but for better and for worse, this is Altman without the razored edge. Cholodenko elicits appealing performances from her ensemble, but she never pushes their characters anywhere there isn't an easy out.
Frances McDormand rescues this role from the throes of cliche. It's as though drippy dialogue and sappy rock were a small price to pay for a part that lets her flash her breasts, get stoned, and join in a three-way.
The spectacle of pretty people floating languidly across the screen notwithstanding, Laurel Canyon is short on conviction and long on contrivance. McDormand, however, has a ball.
Worst of all is the movie's finale, a noble attempt to avoid an overly-pat conclusion that strays too far in the opposite direction.
A clumsy package of clichés.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 45 User Ratings
8.5
82% Positive
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
13% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
4% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 45 User Ratings
8.5
82% Positive
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
13% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
4% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
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Production Company
Sony Pictures Classics,
Good Machine,
Antidote Films (I)
Release Date Mar 7, 2003
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline On the road to the perfect life, Sam & Alex took a little detour.
Awards
Gijón International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations
Director's View Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination