And that’s not to mention his beautiful music videos.

Hey, there’s no pleasing everyone, right?

But, 25 years later, how does the film fare?

Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Phil in Magnolia

Image via New Line Cinema

How does it hold up against the relentless passage of time?

“It turned into a lot of fun.”

As the movie starts, we are assured by the narrator that these are all coincidences.

Tom Cruise as Frank T.J. Mackey in Magnolia

Image via New Line Cinema

Maybe there’s something else, something more mystical, bringing these people together.

Well, all except for one, whose crimes are just too heinous to be forgiven.

Young Blackman is also extraordinary inMagnolia.

Joaquin Phoenix on the poster for Napoleon

The other thing that doesn’t quite work is John C. Reilly’s Jim himself.

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