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Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson steps outside his contemporary world of dysfunctional Angelenos to explore a very different dysfunctional man -- an oil pioneer whose trailblazing spirit is equale... read more read more...d only by his murderous ambition. There Will Be Blood is Anderson's loose adaptation of the novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair, and it focuses its attentions on Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), a miner who happens upon black gold during a disastrous excavation that ends in a broken leg. Pulling himself up from the bowels of the earth, both literally and metaphorically, Plainview embarks on a systematic and steadfast approach to mastering the oil business. Using plain-spoken and straightforward language, Plainview launches a campaign to convince small-town property owners they should let him drill their land. Without him, they won't have the equipment to access the profit beneath their feet. He builds an empire this way -- and gradually becomes obsessed with the intrinsic value of power, growing increasingly irascible and paranoid in the process. Plainview meets his match in Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), a teenage preacher in the small California town of Little Boston, whose brother tipped Plainview off to the town's plentiful supply of untapped oil. To fully reap the benefits of the land, Plainview must suffer the opposing whims of this "prophet," whose legitimacy is questionable at best. And it's unclear if either man is prepared to pay the humiliating price the other wants to exact. There Will Be Blood features an anachronistic soundtrack by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, and it was shot in the same town where the James Dean epic Giant was filmed. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

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R, 2 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

Release Date: December 26, 2007

Keywords: dark, epic, intense, horror, slow

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  • brooklynspo
    February 19, 2008
    brooklynspo
    Poor storytelling and virtually no character development. Arbitrary, episodic and confusing.

    Yes - DDL is God and the cinematography and sense of place and time are uncanny but after a terrific opening hour this film just coughs and sputters.
  • fb1463751009
    March 9, 2012
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    2 words (or 3?). Daniel-Day Lewis. What a performance. You are not going to see acting like this in a long time. If compared to any other actor in Hollywood at this time, no one would match up to his performance. Daniel-Day Lewis is THAT good in this movie. Many will stray from t... read morehis seemingly, anti-climactic movie but this movie is impeccably made. The direction: phenomenal. Cinematography: Absolutely gorgeous. This is a film! An absolute must watch. This is a masterpiece.
  • axadntpron
    February 11, 2012
    axadntpron
    Just re-watched this film. Anderson and Daniel Day Lewis make an unstoppable combination. Self-indulgent, mesmerizing, and sorrowfully beautiful.
  • sanjurosamurai
    November 25, 2011
    sanjurosamurai
    many critics and fans alike have loudly declared this to be the best film of 2007. it was truly a remarkeable film in all of the objective areas. day-lewis' performance deserves an oscar, far outdoing anyone else this year as he fell in and out between likeability and ruthless ... read morerage. he went from hero to villian more effectively than can be fathomed. the art direction, locations, direction, and musical score couldnt have been any better, and the cinematography was probably only exceeded this year by the assassination of jesse james. however, for a film to be a true masterpiece it must satisfy on the subjective end as well as the objective, and the subjective is where this film fell short. the story was truly profound especially when seen as a father and son story, and the themes of greed and the empty chase for vanity in this life where clear and powerful, but the story still never captured the allure of the great films of all time. the end was empty and the depression drawn on in many scenes was understood but hollow. a great film for sure, but this year has definitely produced a short stack of better films.
  • fb619846742
    November 21, 2011
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    A detached, frustrating period piece concerning a greedy oil man (the always brilliant Daniel Day-Lewis) who struggles for power with an over-zealous young pastor (Paul Dano) at the birth of the 20th century. While one must commend director P.T. Anderson for capturing the technol... read moreogy and cinematic scope of the era, the film is largely frustrating due to its unwillingness to concentrate its power on the more interesting of the themes, that being greed. Instead, it goes for a half-half split of greed vs. organized religion, with the latter being given a straight middle-finger and no polar opposite character to challenge Dano's ridiculous narcissism and hunger. The last twenty minutes of the film also feel jammed together, and the result is an uneven, if ambitious, picture. Day-Lewis gives one of the best turns (and lines, "I drink your milkshake!") of the decade, sadly it is wasted on a film that falls apart and loses its focus in the latter half.
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    November 5, 2011
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    I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!!
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    October 21, 2011
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    Simply amazing. Daniel Day Lewis is riveting and the cinematography is breathtaking. Plus a beautiful score from Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood.
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    October 2, 2011
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    Daniel Day-Lewis in one of the best acting roles i've ever seen, from anybody.
  • blkbomb
    September 2, 2011
    blkbomb
    Plainview: Drainage! Drainage, Eli, you boy. Drained dry. I'm so sorry. Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake..... read more. I... drink... your... milkshake! 

    "There Will Be Greed. There Will Be Vengeance."

    Let There Be Blood is one of those few movies that can be classified as perfect. It's such an amazing movie, that just explaining how good it is doesn't do it justice. It's a movie that must be seen. All the hype and great things I had heard about this movie didn't take anything away from it. I went in with astronomical expectations and somehow they were exceeded. 

    If you're an avid fan of film; there is nothing to complain about here. What some(dumb-asses) call slow and boring; I call patient and refreshing. From the opening 10 minutes I knew this movie was going to be amazing. So few movies and come out and say nothing for 10 minutes and still totally suck you into the start of the story. It takes a special director to do this effectively, like with Kubrick and Leone. Paul Thomas Anderson is a special director and this is a masterpiece on the grandest scale.

    The music, cinematography, direction and acting in this film make for an epic experience. Enough can't be said about Daniel Day-Lewis's spectacular performance. It's my favorite performance that I've seen from him. He pulls the character of Daniel Plainview off with powerful preciseness. Prior to this movie everyone already knew he could play an amazing villain. We saw him give a stunning performance as Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York. He tops his performance in Gangs of New York, which after watching it, I didn't think possible.

    I love what Peter Travers said about this movie, "Fans of formula and sugarcoating will hate this. Screw them." I couldn't agree more. 

    Plainview: Did you think your song and dance and your superstition would help you, Eli? I am the Third Revelation! I am who the Lord has chosen! 
  • sergioogarcia
    August 9, 2011
    sergioogarcia
    This is another exaple of why Daniel Day-Lewis get so good characters. His acting once again is impressive. How this pioneer of the oil industry becomes one of the richest men in America. It's a very complex character that you never entirely understand. His greed and ego are so h... read moreigh vs his beliefs and conflict against religion it could be too much for some viewers. His idea of family...well you'll have to see it to believe it. Fantastic story.

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Bob Mondello
October 18, 2008
Bob Mondello, NPR.org

This sometimes magnificent, decidedly strange film is a portrait of a terrible, rapacious man. Full Review

Richard Schickel
October 18, 2008
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine

One of the most wholly original American movies ever made. Full Review

Christopher Orr
September 18, 2008
Christopher Orr, New Republic

There Will Be Blood establishes itself as a film of Darwinian ferocity, a stark and pitiless parable of American capitalism. Full Review

Jonathan F. Richards
February 5, 2008
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com

Daniel Day-Lewis bestrides the narrow world like a colossus as Daniel Plainview, a turn-of-the-last-century prospector for gold and silver who stumbles upon oil in rural California and goes after it w... Full Review

Christy Lemire
January 18, 2008
Christy Lemire, Associated Press

Someday, we're probably going to look back at There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson's epic about greed, lies, manipulation and insanity, and call it his masterpiece.

Roger Moore
January 18, 2008
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

It's oil, and a West that was just discovering it, that makes There Will Be Blood intriguing. But it's Day-Lewis who draws us in. Full Review

Amy Biancolli
January 11, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

As an incurable romantic, I hold out hope that Anderson's flawed but phenomenal feat here marks the start of a new, mature stage in a long career. He has genius in him. So does the movie -- before its... Full Review

Adam Graham
January 11, 2008
Adam Graham, Detroit News

A maddening epic with a towering, bravura performance from star Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood will rattle your brain for weeks, even months after you see it. Full Review

Peter Rainer
January 10, 2008
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

Sprawling yet cramped, There Will Be Blood may not be the best movie of the year, but it's certainly the strangest. It evokes passing comparisons to everything from Giant to Citizen Kane but it's impo... Full Review

Peter Travers
January 8, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

There Will Be Blood hits with hurricane force. Lovers of formula and sugarcoating will hate it. Screw them. In terms of excitement, imagination and rule-busting experimentation, it's a gusher.

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    • Daniel Plainview: I'm finished!
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