i want to like magnolia . the plot remind me of grand canyon ( which i like ) . 4 different life or story that come together at the end but magnolia take a wrong turn halfway through the movie and i be lose . i almost turn it off right then and there but i felt i should hang in there until the end and little do i know it would be another torturous 1 half hour . thank god i rent instead of see it in the theatre . i almost scream out in frustration after 2 hour . the big kick in the pant be the end frog scene . my dvd player still hasn not forgive me and i do not blame it one bit . it be a unique movie and but a bad and boring and and pointless movie .