The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress— connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
Nashville is one of Altman's best films, free of the rambling insider fooling around that sometimes mars entire chunks of every second or third picture.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
27 Jun 2007
fresh:
A rare and puzzling movie: beautiful and cruel, passionate but strangely shallow.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
27 Jun 2007
fresh:
I think that the power and the theme of the film lie in the fact that while some characters are more "major" than others, they are all subordinated to the music itself. It's like a river, running through the film, running through their life.
– Molly Haskell,
Village Voice,
15 Jan 2013
fresh:
I hate to go out on a limb after only one viewing, but Nashville strikes me as Altman's best film, and the most exciting dramatic musical since Blue Angel.