magnolia

it was my impression that the william h. macy character was also brain damaged (by getting struck by lightning maybe?), after being used by his father because he was a child prodigy. no?

another character that i liked was the police officer. he is an extremely lonely character that lives day by day reassuring himself that if he continues to do the right thing good things will come to him. he suffers humility continuously but bears through it.

i liked the bare-boned depiction of characters simply dealt a brutal lot in life.