From two American masters comes a movie like no other
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
Short Cuts (1993) is a drama and comedy film directed by Robert Altman, released on October 1, 1993 with a runtime of 3h 8m. It stars Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon and Tim Robbins. Viewers rate it 7.2 out of 10 across 709 ratings.
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Andie MacDowell
as Ann Finnigan
Bruce Davison
as Howard Finnigan
Jack Lemmon
as Paul Finnigan
Tim Robbins
as Gene Shepard
Julianne Moore
as Marian Wyman
Tom Waits
as Earl Piggot
Lily Tomlin
as Doreen Piggot
Fred Ward
as Stuart Kane
Chris Penn
as Jerry Kaiser
Frances McDormand
as Betty Weathers
Madeleine Stowe
as Sherri Shepard
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Lois Kaiser
Directed by Robert Altman, written by Robert Altman, Frank Barhydt and Raymond Carver, produced by Cary Brokaw.
Average viewer score of 7.2/10 from 709 ratings.
**tripping over ourselves** While there's no cinematic equivalent to the Mona Lisa, I submit a list of the top ten American movies of the last 50 years in no particular order: The _Godfather_, _Apocalypse Now_, _Raging Bull_, _Pulp Fiction_, _Blade Runner_, _Raiders of the Lost Ark_, _Mulholland Drive_, _Tree of Life_, _Boyhood_, _Short Cuts_. Whaaaaaa... _Short Cuts_? Is it even Altman's best work? Well,…
Reviewed on February 4, 2015
**A huge cast full of familiar names, where each one does their job very well… but without commitment, without emotion and under a script so intricate that it leaves anyone lost.** I'm usually very critical of movies with bad or weak scripts. It's a recurring problem in cinema. This film, however, makes the opposite mistake: the script is excessive, it has so many characters and so many interconnected sub-plots…
Reviewed on August 31, 2022
Robert Altman's Short Cuts is a lovely polyptych of interconnected stories, inspired by Raymond Carver's short stories and his poem "Lemonade," which asks: what if this had happened, rather than that? What then? It's the question we all ask ourselves at some point in life, the endless branching paths of possibility, the sliding doors moment that changes everything or nothing. Altman weaves together lives in Los…
Reviewed on June 15, 2026
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The main cast of Short Cuts (1993) includes Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Tim Robbins and Julianne Moore. The film was directed by Robert Altman. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Short Cuts was released on October 1, 1993 and runs for 3h 8m.
Short Cuts (1993) holds an average rating of 7.2 out of 10 from 709 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama and comedy films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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