Interconnected characters struggle with love, death and desperation over a long day in Los Angeles culminating with a bizarre weather phenomenon.

...et filmisk stafetløb, hvor det ene subplot tager over efter det andet.

In one sense, it tells absorbing stories, filled with detail, told with precision and not a little humor. On another sense, it is a parable.

...en av sin tids bästa ensemblefilmer.