Cookie's Fortune
October Films | Release Date: April 2, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
20
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Won't go down as Robert Altman's most memorable movie. But it's a pleasant affair, whose greatest assets are its unhurried, benevolent atmosphere and the quiet, gem-like moments that occur among its characters. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubJoshua Klein
Cookie's Fortune, for all its faults, is a welcome respite. In the uneven hands of Altman, you're better off with a flawed bit of fluff than an outright atrocity. Read full review
60
TimeRichard Corliss
The film mostly simmers. Read full review
60
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Seems to go sideways as often as it goes forward. Altman can't help noticing things more interesting than the story. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Long before it ends, its leisurely immersion in the Mississippi Delta has turned downright lukewarm and even chilly. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Not even Altman's loose-limbed shooting style can redeem Cookie’s Fortune, a bafflingly pointless farce that belongs more properly in the vaudeville halls than on the director's sporadically lustrous résumé. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Despite some lovely performances (though, sad to say, Patricia Neal's isn't one of them) and charming moments, this meandering ensemble piece and its Tennessee Williams-ish finale is oddly out of character. Read full review
50
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
None of the film is exciting, and, despite the preeningly smooth flow of the story, little of it is interesting. Read full review
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