Its an awful ensemble drama about average people and their problems. Usually in these kind of movies, the "average people" are just boring, But in Shortcuts they're also weird and unlikable. No one is witty, charming, or inspiring. All the characters are leading lives of quiet desperation, or they're heartless ninnies, or just plain nuts. Set in LA, Altman spices up their middle-class lives with murder, an injured child, suicide, naked women, sex talk, and adulterous affairs, Its supposed to make us laugh a little, cry a little, and make us think.
But it doesn't. Its all just contrived drama - with a capital FAKE. A big vulgar soap opera.
The characters are completely unlikable .
Like many Altman movies. The characters dress ugly, act ugly, and live in ugly houses. In real life, I wouldn't want to be near them. And some of the casting is off. Who believes Tim Robins as a LA Cop?
And the padding and sluggish pace!
Endless shots of people waking up, fixing breakfast, putting their kids to bed, driving around, and having meaningless small talk. Incredibly, its 3 hours long and could have been 30 minutes shorter just by cutting the filler.
Summary: Currently, has a 7.7 IMDB rating and lots of people love it. But I found it pretentious, dull - and way too long. Usually, I find some good in every movie, but this is an exception. Yeah, I didn't like it.
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