Robert Altman directs Carol Burnett, Mia Farrow and Geraldine Chaplin in this New American Cinema farce where the daughter of a truck driver marries the scion of a very wealthy family and everyone’s lives spin out of control over the proceedings.

Pre-Mumblecore mumblecore pressure cooker. So so many subplots but only two of the two dozen threads hold the attention and pay off. Burnett’s tryst and the painting gift. Let this one wash over me but Natalie enjoyed it. Two hours was too long.

5

Perfect Double Bill: Interiors (1978)

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