There Will Be Blood

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There Will Be Blood

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Released Jan 25, 2008

2h 38m

Drama

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Silver miner Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) leads a hardscrabble life with his son, H.W. (Dillon Freasier). When he hears about oil oozing from the ground near the Western town of Little Boston, Daniel takes his son on a mission to find their fortune. Daniel makes his lucky strike and becomes a self-made tycoon but, as his fortune grows, he deviates into moral bankruptcy.

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Critics Consensus

Widely touted as a masterpiece, this sparse and sprawling epic about the underhanded "heroes" of capitalism boasts incredible performances by leads Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano, and is director Paul Thomas Anderson's best work to date.

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

The sprawling, dark epic hinges on atmospherics and the moody air. It's heightened further by the ominous music, especially in the long, wordless opening sequence set in the mines with man pitted against nature.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 29, 2019

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Day-Lewis's performance will simply have you like a fever you can't shift. The landscapes are hard and big, but he scathes through them as if they were no more than your Uncle Stan's allotment.

Aug 23, 2018

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: B+

Feb 18, 2012

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Jack Walters

Loud and Clear Reviews

"Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood is a horrifying look at the eternal conflict between power, religion, and ambition."

Rated: 4.5/5

Jan 18, 2025

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Ray Pride

Newcity

As a concrete object, of rugged, forceful filmmaking and relentless performance, i>There Will Be Blood</I> has no need of its subtext. Yet it bubbles, seethes, trickles, pours and, yes, geysers.

Rated: 10/10

Jul 4, 2024

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Alex Papaioannou

InSession Film

There Will Be Blood remains one of the greatest American films to ever be crafted. And the idea of Daniel Plainview, as wicked as he may be, has only multiplied and thrived in the years since.

Oct 31, 2023

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trevor a

35mm eith Paul Dano Q&A!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/16/24

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Martin B

Sure it's sprawling, great scenery and landscapes. But in the end it was just another Daniel Day Lewis epic vanity shoot with him dominating every scene. Intense to a fault, camera set up just right to get his intensity every shot more about him demonstrating his greatness then melding into a bigger story. The ending was too complicated by half.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/25

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Christopher J

the film was kinda boring and the ending sucked and made nosence even when I looked it up but the acting is good and the sets and cinematography was great

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/17/25

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Daniel B

To call this Film a masterpiece would be an insult. An epic acting Tour de force by our greatest actor of our time, Daniel Day Lewis.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/24/24

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Audience Member

This movie is pure genius. PTA films it perfectly and the pacing is incredible. This movie is thrilling and highly engaging with a genius plot and phenomenal dialogue. The two stars of the film both delivered the best acting performances of their career and left no stone un-turned. Ultimately this movie is a genius story of how greed destroys us.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/24/24

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Thom N

Without question one of the greatest films ever made by an American, it shows capitalism for the brutal thing that it is, though that is shown to be a failing of individuals rather than a self-reinforcing system per se. A loose adaptation of a book by oddball socialist Upton Sinclair, every aspect of this film is flawless, save perhaps for the general dearth of central female characters (most of the women in this film, reflecting a sad reality of many places and times in history, are seen and not heard - one girl acts as the primary stand-in for all womankind, and even then she speaks only sparsely). The music by Mr. Greenwood is frenetic and wonderful. Daniel Day-Lewis couldn't have possibly done a better job in the central role.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/19/24

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Daniel Plainview

Paul Dano

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Synopsis

Silver miner Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) leads a hardscrabble life with his son, H.W. (Dillon Freasier). When he hears about oil oozing from the ground near the Western town of Little Boston, Daniel takes his son on a mission to find their fortune. Daniel makes his lucky strike and becomes a self-made tycoon but, as his fortune grows, he deviates into moral bankruptcy.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Producer: Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar
Screenwriter: Paul Thomas Anderson
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Scott Rudin Productions, Ghoulardi Film Company, Miramax Films, Paramount Vantage
Rating: R (Some Violence)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 25, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 24, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.2M
Runtime: 2h 38m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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