Cookie's Fortune [VHS]
by Robert Altman
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Actor: Charles S. Dutton, Chris O'Donnell, Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv TylerDirector: Robert Altman
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 118 minutes
Release Date: 2000-03-07
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: Polygram USA Video
Studio: Polygram USA Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Cookie's Fortune [VHS]
Movie Review: Remembering 10 years ago
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie in the theater 10 years ago, and not since (though I recently purchased it). What I remember is that from the very start, I was predicting turns in the movie that never happened:
1. Charles Dutton's character Willis is drunk and stumbling down the street in a small southern town and two white cops see him. I expect an immediate arrest. It doesn't happen.
2. I believe Willis steals a fifth from the liquor store so I expect an arrest. It doesn't happen.
3. Willis breaks into the kitchen of a home. I expect trouble and an arrest. It doesn't happen.
4. I expect a scene between Willis and "Miz" Cookie when she comes down from her room in her pajamas and robe. It doesn't happen. He calls her "Cookie" first of all, and she's offers to make him coffee.
5. When Willis gets arrested for Cookie's murder, I expect the sheriff to be the stereotypical pot-bellied "boy"-calling sheriff. He isn't. He doesn't even lock Willis' cell.
And the stereotypes get knocked down one after the other. Glen Close's church isn't southern Baptist. Cookie's granddaughter comes to share an unlocked cell with Willis (I believe she gets "locked up" with him).
Lots of nice surprises in this unusual flick. As you can see, I remember it most for what it turned out NOT to be than what it was. Loved it for that.
Summary of Cookie's Fortune [VHS]
Dedicated fans of Robert Altman will want to check out this drowsy Southern comedy, which is shot through with the director's feel for location and his musical sense of storytelling. Non-Altman fanatics might want to tread more carefully. Cookie's Fortune begins beautifully, as handyman Willis (Charles?S. Dutton) staggers home from a blues club in the small town of Holly Springs, Mississippi. In the wee hours of a warm night, he has an affectionate chat with elderly matriarch Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt (the grand Patricia Neal) and the gentle history of their friendship is sketched in a few brief exchanges. Soon enough, Cookie has checked out of this world to join her dear departed husband, prompting her nieces to make the suicide look like a murder---to protect the dubious family name, of course. They are the local drama diva (Glenn Close), a Scarlett O'Hara in her own mind, and her dreamy sister (Julianne Moore), who ain't quite right in the head. Will Willis be blamed for the murder? Will the inheritance go to the nieces? Will Liv Tyler and Chris O'Donnell find a place to express their lust? None of these questions is especially burning, and Altman doesn't seem terribly anxious about the answers. Instead, he aims for a particular kind of laid-back quirky southern comedy, unevenly filtered through his screen of sour irony. Like a jazzman blowing improv, some of this works and some of it doesn't. Speaking of music, the film boasts a nifty R&B soundscape devised by former Eurythmics man David Stewart, with a boost from blues belter Ruby Wilson. --Robert HortonComedy VHS Video
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