Synopsis

24 hours in L.A.; it’s raining cats and dogs. Two parallel and intercut stories dramatize men about to die: both are estranged from a grown child, both want to make contact, and neither child wants anything to do with dad. Earl Partridge’s son is a charismatic misogynist; Jimmy Gator’s daughter is a cokehead and waif. A mild and caring nurse intercedes for Earl, reaching the son; a prayerful and upright beat cop meets the daughter, is attracted to her, and leads her toward a new calm. Meanwhile, guilt consumes Earl’s young wife, while two whiz kids, one grown and a loser and the other young and pressured, face their situations. The weather, too, is quirky.
Paul Thomas Anderson
Pat Healy, Genevieve Zweig, Mark Flannagan, Neil Flynn
08 Dec 1999 (USA)
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 28 wins & 51 nominations.tt0175880 , Farewell, Regret, Parents Kids Relationship, Suicide Attempt, Becoming An Adult, Loss Of Father, Dying And Death, Chance, Child Prodigy, Daughter, Unsociability, Reconciliation