Nashville

Brilliant. Altman manages to make an almost 3 hour film about 23 or so characters in Nashville over the course of 5 days. I almost didn't see the film because I hate country music, but I decided to give it a chance. I ended up loving it! The music wasn't bad at all ("I'm Easy" won Best Original Song at the Oscars) and the songs seem to be making fun of themselves (Karen Black and Henry Gibson at the Grand Ole Opry especially). All the acting is good, direction is (of course) superb and the film is never boring. If you asked me what this movie means, what the point is, etc etc I couldn't tell you. All I can say is I've seen it at least 20 times and I've been blown away each and every time. If at all possible see this on a wide screen (like I do, at a revival theatre) or letterboxed. That's the only way to see it--the full screen version on TV is unwatchable. Whatever you do, don't miss it! A true classic of the '70s.

I loved this movie. Loved it! I just saw this on widescreen DVD and had never seen it before. It's the first movie I have seen in a few years that had me smiling from ear to ear as it ended, not because it was a feel-good movie but because it was so exhilarating to see a work so flawlessly assembled, so marvellously written and acted, and finally one so overflowing with the collective creative energy of the cast and crew. There are more memorable characters and vignettes in this one two hour and 40 minute movie than in all the movies from the movies I have seen from the year 2000. M*A*S*H and The Player are the only other two Altman films I have ever seen, and I hesitate to see anymore as how can any of them be as good as NASHVILLE?

Nashville is a great movie. It is so multilayered, you'll be able to watch it again and again and slowly peel back each layer to see more and more. Amazing all around--amazing ability to hand you dozens of different characters and make you feel like you know each and every one very well. Most movies today can't even make you like even one character, much less 20. Songs are memorable, some are hilariously bad, others are quite good. Hilariously funny at times, poignant and thought-provoking and heartbreaking. Amazing film.

I love country music and I know the movie piled up many awards and it is considered one of the greatest American movies in the '70s, I understand social criticism... but I cannot remember if I ever saw anything this pointless and boring. I hate to give up and I always watch movies till the end even if I don't like it, but this time I had to gather all of my energy and power of will to endure first of three hours and finally I gave up. I wouldn't recommend this even to the enemy. It's torture. 1/10