Phantom Thread

R

Released Jan 19, 2018

2 hr. 10 min.

Drama

Romance

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Renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of British fashion in 1950s London -- dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites and debutantes. Women come and go in Woodcock's life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship. His carefully tailored existence soon gets disrupted by Alma, a young and strong-willed woman who becomes his muse and lover.

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Critics Consensus

Phantom Thread's finely woven narrative is filled out nicely by humor, intoxicating romantic tension, and yet another impressively committed performance from Daniel Day-Lewis.

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Alec C

The line between love and obsession is as thin as a thread through a needle! A popular dressmaker finds a muse in a waitress that soon becomes his lover, but there conflicting personalities result in some disturbing and unhealthy complexities. Grounded by Daniel Day-Lewis's performance, we are unsure if we should be rooting for these characters as there desire for each other reaches some troubling extremes!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/04/24

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Patricia P

This is a dreadful movie that pretends to be more intelligent than it is by using cheap devices, i.e., long meaningful stares that go on far too long, understanding smiles that shouldn't be understanding at all since the character knows what is going to happen to him, reactions that make no sense in the situation, etc. Awful. Just awful. The one star I gave is for the beautiful rooms, not for the ugly dresses the main character devotes his life to creating in those rooms.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/24/24

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CRF1

Superior acting by cast. As always, DDL brings the character to life.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/24

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Jeff M

I am second to none in my admiration for the films of Paul Thomas Anderson (PTA to those of us who know him well). His MAGNOLIA is on my top ten of all time list, and with the glaring exception of INHERENT VICE, he hasn't made a movie that I haven't liked a lot if not outright loved. A PTA movie is an event. This is one of his best, and markedly different than anything else that he has done. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what made this such a special viewing experience for me, but I became more and more enthralled as the movie went on, and by the end, the subtle power of what I saw started to sink in. This is one of those movies that requires more than one viewing. I was enamored by the representations of both creative and romantic obsession. Reynolds Woodcock (one of the great names in modern cinema) lives for his work and finds everything else around him a distraction. When Alma comes into the picture, she is equally determined to make him part of his passion, and her methods become increasingly desperate. Day Lewis and Manville received the Oscar nominations, and both are superlative, but Krieps is the secret weapon here, and she comes across like a young Meryl Streep both in countenance and style. The relationship between Reynolds and Alma is one of the most complicated and fascinating I've seen in awhile. This is a quietly devastating movie, and one of those experiences where you don't realize the full impact until you think about it afterwards.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/24

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Alec B

A surprisingly film from Anderson, and not just because of the Gothic and psychologically fraught romance at the center. There's a quiet patience to the filmmaking that feels like something from another era. A thing of fascinating beauty.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/03/24

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Sude S

espite some beautiful cinematography here and there, there are times where candlelight turns every scene to everyone's favorite vomit yellow. Compare that to Kubrick's masterpiece Barry Lyndon. What's even more shameful is the lifeless camerawork doesn't even begin to highlight the beauty of the truly amazing colors. Although this Anderson moves the camera much more than his other Anderson counterpart, Wes, Paul somehow managed to make it even more lifeless. Whether it's a slow pan or a static shot, it never makes a difference.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/02/24

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Paul Thomas Anderson

Director

Daniel Day-Lewis

Reynolds Woodcock

Vicky Krieps

Alma

Lesley Manville

Cyril

Camilla Rutherford

Johanna

Gina McKee

Countess Henrietta Harding

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Phantom Thread: Official Clip - Take the Dress Off!

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Phantom Thread: Official Clip - I Want You Flat on Your Back

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Phantom Thread: Official Clip - The Fashion Show

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Phantom Thread: Official Clip - You Have the Ideal Shape

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Phantom Thread: Official Clip - It's Not Very Good, Is It?

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Phantom Thread: Official Clip - There Is an Air of Quiet Death in This House

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Phantom Thread: Official Clip - Will You Marry Me?

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Phantom Thread: Official Clip - Life Is No Great Mystery

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Brandon Taylor

New Yorker

A simple thing, a robe, and yet it captures so much of what it feels like to have passed so close to disaster...

Mar 27, 2023

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Anderson has trouble coaxing this struggle to any sort of emotional climax; its fanciful, symbolic ending is the sort critics will praise for its careful ambiguity even as they overlook its narrative desperation.

Mar 10, 2020

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J. Hoberman

The New York Review of Books

Anderson makes movies that may refuse to explain themselves but nevertheless manage to engage the viewer, in part because he tends to cut from confined spaces to open ones as if inviting us to enter them.

Mar 7, 2019

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

“Phantom Thread” reveals a dialed-back Paul Thomas Anderson in top form. His writing is spellbinding. His direction is daring and confident. The look of the film is as beautiful as rare Flemish lace.

Rated: 5/5

Aug 24, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Phantom Thread has more feeling and emotional range in its restrained drama than some of his other works - this is certainly the most raw emotion he's produced since Punch Drunk Love (2002).

Rated: 4/4

Mar 16, 2022

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John Serba

Decider

Phantom Thread is a low-key PTA classic. Seen it already? Well, watch it again.

Jan 21, 2022

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Synopsis

Renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of British fashion in 1950s London -- dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites and debutantes. Women come and go in Woodcock's life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship. His carefully tailored existence soon gets disrupted by Alma, a young and strong-willed woman who becomes his muse and lover.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Executive Producer: Adam Somner, Peter Heslop, Chelsea Barnard
Screenwriter: Paul Thomas Anderson
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Annapurna Pictures, Ghoulardi Film Company, Perfect World Pictures
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 19, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 15, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $20.9M
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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