Cookie’s Fortune

Languid ensemble piece centring on a large Southern family whose matriarch commits suicide. When one of her nieces stages the death scene to make it look like murder, an investigation follows. The local sheriff reluctantly arrests a gentle caretaker, but the return to town of the dead woman’s grand-niece culminates in the revelation of a number of family secrets., Robert Altman’s witty character study about how the suicide of a wealthy old Southern woman (Patricia Neal) forces her pretentious niece (Glenn Close) to cover up the incident., An outstanding ensemble cast including Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Ned Beatty and Charles S. Dutton highlight this hilarious comedy about the suicide of a wealthy dowager (Patricia Neal) and its impact on a small Southern burg. Close plays the deceased’s pretentious niece, who tries to cover up the suicide. Chris O’Donnell, Lyle Lovett, Donald Moffat. Robert Altman directed., Robert Altman’s dark comedy-drama about two sisters (Glenn Close and Julianne Moore) who try to cover-up the suicide of their elderly aunt by disguising it as murder., In this bittersweet ensemble film, Jewel Mae “Cookie” Orcutt is the widowed matriarch of a small town Mississippi family, which includes her nieces Camille, a pretentious would-be dramatic artist, and Cora, her less-than-enthusiastic leading lady. This film weaves together a number of different plot lines with relaxed grace., Robert Altman’s classic movie is set in a small Mississippi town where nothing much happens very slowly until elderly widow Cookie is found dead in suspicious circumstances. Suspicion falls on her friend/handyman Charles S Dutton, if only because he’s black but nobody in the town agrees – maybe the death was natural and ambitious niece Camille had a hand in changing the scene. A delight of characters and a plot to enjoy are shaped by the hand of a master.