Overview
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court
The film is far better when it focuses on the main stars and their musical journey and less successful everywhere else. Fortunately there is enough of the former to make up for the latter. The parts with Virginia Madsen are just plain weird. It’s almost as if Altman didn’t think the music and the story of the show could carry the movie so he felt he had to inject some additional attempts at drama.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews A Prairie Home Companion
Movie title: A Prairie Home Companion
Movie description: A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court
Date published: 2020-09-05
Director(s): Robert Altman
Actor(s): Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Lindsay Lohan, Garrison Keillor, Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly, Virginia Madsen, Kevin Kline, Tommy Lee Jones, L.Q. Jones, Maya Rudolph, Marylouise Burke, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, Tom Keith, Jearlyn Steele, Robin William, Linda Williams, Prudence Johnson, Richard A. Dworsky
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
My Review
The film is far better when it focuses on the main stars and their musical journey and less successful everywhere else. Fortunately there is enough of the former to make up for the latter. The parts with Virginia Madsen are just plain weird. It’s almost as if Altman didn’t think the music and the story of the show could carry the movie so he felt he had to inject some additional attempts at drama.
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