There Will Be Blood

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trevor a 35mm eith Paul Dano Q&A! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/21/25 Full Review Audience Member Absolute best... he really abandoned his boy Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/04/25 Full Review Neil M Long, exhausting but compulsive viewing. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/14/25 Full Review Harsh Vardhan S One of the best movies of Daniel Day Lewis, the cast is just phenomenal. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/12/25 Full Review FREDDY F This film is... heavy. Emotionally, morally, atmospherically — it’s not an easy watch. From the very beginning, the main character doesn’t come off as outright evil, but something about him instantly feels off. You can’t put your finger on it, but there’s a creeping sense of disgust. His son feels like a prop more than a person — like a doll he drags along to complete the image. The pacing is slow, at times even dragging — but deliberately so. The film gives you time to sit with these people, to look at them without rushing, to really see them. It’s uncomfortable, but purposeful. It’s also fascinating as a portrait of the early American oil industry — of ordinary people unknowingly selling their land for pennies, while something much bigger and uglier takes shape in the background. Greed. Power. Exploitation. What I love most about Paul Thomas Anderson is that he refuses to divide his characters into heroes and villains. Just when you think someone might be the "good one" — like the son — you remember he helped set a house on fire with his father. And Plainview... he’s full of rot. Greed deforms him, but underneath all that is some deep, unsaid wound. Maybe he was abandoned too. Maybe that’s why he hates people. He kills not for gain, but because he simply despises them. The film also raises sharp questions about faith — not as a source of hope, but as another currency. Religion is shown as a game of power, used to manipulate the gullible under the mask of salvation. And Daniel Day-Lewis... is absolutely staggering. You can see all the bile and bitterness of the world in his eyes. There are tiny, fleeting moments where he’s almost human — mostly with his son — but in the end, he sacrifices everything and dies alone, rich, bitter, and drunk. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/11/25 Full Review Phil Strong performances from Day-Lewis and Dano. Captivating and great psychological film. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/24/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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