A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (2006) - ♦♦♦

Directed by - Robert Altman

Written by - Garrison Keillor, Ken LaZebnik

Starring - Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Lindsey Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin

"Based on a true story, this film follows the final episode of a popular country music radio show, hosted by Keillor who plays a fictionalised version of himself, which is cancelled after corporate bigwigs buy the Fitzgerald theatre in which the show was hosted. The final film of the legendary auteur Robert Altman. It certainly has all the theatrica spontaneousness that is easily associated with its filmmaker, and quite a charming timeless atmosphere. Nevertheless, it’s not the most compelling of dramas and its emotional and psychological complexity is not at all as deep as it should probably have been."

Drama, USA