Short Cuts

1993 188 min Drama, Comedy

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.

IMDb 7.6 RT 95 Metacritic 81

budget $12,000,000 earnings $6,110,979 return 0.5x

director Robert Altman

writers Frank Barhydt, Robert Altman

cast