COOKIE'S FORTUNE (1999) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Robert Altman
Charles S. Dutton, Liv Tyler, Glenn Close,
Julianne Moore, Patricia Neal, Ned Beatty,
Chris O'Donnell, Lyle Lovett, Donald Moffat
Family ties, old guns, Easter eggs, suicide, Wild Turkey, sex, lies and catfish enchiladas. Robert Altman's laid-back ensemble piece about life in a small Mississippi town and the community of mostly good-natured eccentrics who hang out there. Glenn Close takes her role as a vindictive old maid a few miles over the top, but most of the actors slip into their roles about as comfortably as you'd put on a pair of well-worn overalls. Patricia Neal plays the pipe-smoking title character, and Lyle Lovett does an oddball turn as a fishmonger who lusts after Liv Tyler.
Patricia Neal
(1926-2010)
