What is the film Magnolia really about?

Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia is about lives of different people connecting in a strange way and by a song. However, it is not clear to me what is connecting them, just a chance? Is really everything a matter of chance in the film?

What is the film Magnolia really about?
That is what this film is about and "Strange things happen all the time" are the best ways I can think of to describe the overall plot of the film. The story of a dozen people, on one incredible day, in one very wet valley, on Magnolia Avenue.





I could list reason, after reason, after reason why this is one of the finest films I've ever seen... I really could. From the fact that every cast member gives an oscar-worthy performance, to the fact that this film has upwards of 10 amazing sequences I have never seen before, and probably will never see again, in any film.





This film gets my highest recommendation and a definite 10. I say see it right now, and see it as many times as possible.
Reply:I could not figure this movie out either and the frogs at the end freaked me the flip out!
Reply:I thought it was about how death effects us all as they are all in someway connected to the man you dies in the movie and they are all in some way effeced by his death. In ancient Greek mythology the frog is asociated with death be let lose on the world. When the man dies it rains frogs and causes all of these people to come to a stand still. That is what I got from the movie.

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