Cookie's Fortune - Comedy
Altman returns to the slapsticky form of his 70's comedies BREWSTER MCCLOUD and A WEDDING, and once again comes out a rousing success. This time, a tightly wound narrative by first time screenwriter Rapp keeps the laughs rolling as the story unfolds. The setting is Holly Springs, Mississippi, a heavenly small town in the south where the sheriffs spend most of their time discussing which restaurant has the best pie. After Cookie (Neal) commits suicide and her melodramatic daughter Camille (Close)
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