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Cookie's Fortune Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    70

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally favorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 100

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    Has no ragged edges or bothersome detours, and flows from surprise to delight. At the end, when just desserts are handed out, it arrives at a kind of perfection.

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  • 100

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

    Cookie's Fortune, which knows how to treat serious matters with humor, is to be treasured as an utterly distinctive work by one of America's finest filmmakers. [2 April 1999, Calendar, p.F-1]

  • 100

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

    An absolute delight, one of the most sheerly pleasurable movies Altman has ever made. It's wry, jokey and sexy, a tart and delectable entertainment. And, like most of Altman's best work, it's graced with a top-notch ensemble of first-class [9 April 1999, Friday, p.A]

  • 67

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly

    In theaters, the lazy haziness of this Southern ensemble comedy made the story feel like it was stuck in the mud.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    USA Today Claudia Puig

    Fortune is smiling down on veteran filmmaker Robert Altman with Cookie's Fortune.

  • 75

    out of 100

    ReelViews James Berardinelli

    As a source of light pleasure and solid laughs, it delivers. This particular cookie may not fill the belly, but it goes down easy.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    The New York Times Elvis Mitchell

    Captivating.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Variety Todd McCarthy

    May or not be Robert Altman's best film in years, but it is certainly his most pleasurable.

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