Cookie's Fortune

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Cookie's Fortune

PG-13,

1999,

1h 58m,

Comedy/

Drama

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After learning that her aunt, an elderly Mississippi widow (Patricia Neal), has taken her own life, Camille (Glenn Close) hatches an unusual postmortem plan. With her sister (Julianne Moore) in tow, Camille hides evidence that points to suicide, deciding instead to make the death look like a murder. Her scheme, fueled by vanity and greed, is not victimless, as it appears that a local handyman (Charles S. Dutton) might take the fall for a crime that never occurred.

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Critics Consensus

Robert Altman's gift for diffuse storytelling is employed to breezily enjoyable effect in Cookie's Fortune, a mirthful caper that layers on a generous helping of Southern charm.

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Angie Errigo

Empire Magazine

Jul 21, 2010

3/5

This isn't great Altman but it's fun Altman.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Jul 21, 2010

Most of what transpires is low-key, affectionate comedy and a fair amount of fun.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Jul 7, 2010

B-

Cookie's Fortune is a wittily diagrammed portrait of a small town shaken to its roots by this deceptive calamity. The movie, though, never really becomes more than a diagram.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Dec 18, 2020

A

This is black comedy light, but you'll catch the undercurrent of ingrained racism in the hands of Glenn Close's villainess character Camille Dixon.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Aug 10, 2011

B-

This serio comedy about an eccentric Southern family is a minor work in Altman's oeuvre, but it's well acted and enjoyable.

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Film4 Staff

Film4

Jul 21, 2010

Despite several silly twists near the end, the acting is quite charming.

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Finn W

Aug 20, 2017

Southern Dressing for my soul.

Ron R

May 1, 2017

Basically two hours of Glenn Close dragging her fingernails down a chalkboard. Dutton and Beatty make it almost bearable, but Julianne Moore is depressingly wasted. An idiot plot if there ever was one.

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Robert Altman

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Glenn Close

Camille Dixon

Julianne Moore

Cora Duvall

Liv Tyler

Emma Duvall

Chris O'Donnell

Jason Brown

Charles S. Dutton

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Synopsis

After learning that her aunt, an elderly Mississippi widow (Patricia Neal), has taken her own life, Camille (Glenn Close) hatches an unusual postmortem plan. With her sister (Julianne Moore) in tow, Camille hides evidence that points to suicide, deciding instead to make the death look like a murder. Her scheme, fueled by vanity and greed, is not victimless, as it appears that a local handyman (Charles S. Dutton) might take the fall for a crime that never occurred.

Director: Robert Altman
Producer: Ernst Etchie Stroh
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Primer Plano Film Group S.A., Argentina Video Home, Budapest Film Rt., Bac Films
Production Co: Moonstone Entertainment, Sandcastle 5 Productions
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 22, 1999, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2016
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Surround

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