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Actors: Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell, Charles Dutton, Patricia Neal, Ned Beatty, Courtney B. Vance, Lyle Lovett
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Cookie's Fortune |
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Camille Dixon (Close), a control freak and aging Southern belle, is horrified to discover her Aunt Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt (Neal) has committed suicide, and she swallows the suicide note in order to make the crime look like a burglary. Unfortunately, this leads to the deceased's best friend Willis Richland (Dutton) getting pulled in for murder -- although an outside investigator (Vance) is not convinced. It's Easter weekend in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and Camille is anxious about the Easter Sunday play she is directing; plus, her mousy sister Cora Duvall's (Moore) estranged daughter Emma (Tyler), very feisty and independent, has come back to town, and quickly acquires a hunky but very dumb cop (O'Donnell) for a boyfriend. All will be revealed when the Easter play is staged. This 1999 Robert Altman film is filled with Southern eccentrics and foolishness, and light on the heavy drama. It goes down very easy.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Cookie's Fortune |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of comedy
- bungling criminals
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Culture of surrounding area:
- American South
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- government investigator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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