A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court
Not since Woody Allen's "Radio Days" has anyone created such a cinematic Valentine to the wonderfully imaginative medium of radio as A Prairie Home Companion.
Rib-ticklingly funny at times and genial as all get-out.
90
New York Magazine (Vulture)
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Sometimes you forget how great an actor is, then he or she is reborn in an Altman movie.
90
Village Voice
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Keillor's modest subservience to Altman's group dynamic feels downright gallant, and in the context of the veteran director's most humanistic movie by a wide margin, it certainly has its rewards.
88
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Take a swig of this moonshine. There's magic in it.