Cookie's Fortune 1999

Critics score:
86 / 100

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Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: The sweet assurance and guerrilla wit of Robert Altman's vintage ensemble films makes a serenely captivating return. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Most of what transpires is low-key, affectionate comedy and a fair amount of fun. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Cookie's Fortune is a wittily diagrammed portrait of a small town shaken to its roots by this deceptive calamity. The movie, though, never really becomes more than a diagram. Read more

Globe and Mail: Read more

Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: Altman's folkloric feints and throwaways are very easy on the eyes; he shows off his townspeople with such affection that after a while they begin to glow. The movie is a jaunty little jape. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: This movie delivers agreeable performances and a charming, amusing story that offers little in the way of substance. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Cookie's Fortune is Robert Altman's sunniest film, a warm-hearted comedy that somehow manages to deal with death and murder charges without even containing a real villain. Read more

Charles Taylor, Salon.com: Altman's digressive, shaggy-dog style turns out to be well-suited to Southern Gothic. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Robert 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 more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: What's so distinctively charming is the easygoing tone, which manages to turn black comedy into a strangely gentle, touching and delicate affair. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: The deceptively modest Cookie's Fortune may or not be Robert Altman's best film in years, but it is certainly his most pleasurable. Read more

Lael Loewenstein, Variety: Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: One well-telegraphed disclosure is heartwarmingly self-congratulatory, the other genealogical bombshell totally inconsequential. Read more