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Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
The driving force of the film remains Day-Lewisâs extraordinary performance, one certainly to be seen and one which bids to compete for awards. It is his show. But the film itself, for all of its lack of depth beyond the obvious tale of hunger for wealt ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
FilmStew.com (Kevin Biggers)
For the first twenty minutes of Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film, not a single word is spoken. Instead, Anderson keeps his patient camera in places best positioned to build up the mood. We see a tall, solitary figure entrenched in a dark silver mine, ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at FilmStew.com (Kevin Biggers)
Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
The wondrously monstrous hero of "There Will Be Blood," a turn-of-the-century oil man named Daniel Plainview, vents his rage against humanity by, among other things, threatening to bury his enemies alive. The man who wrote and directed this majestic ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
The Phantom Tollbooth
Hopkins as Dr. Lecter. Nicholson as Jack Torrance. Bogart as Sam Spade. Brando as Vito Corleone. It is hard to picture anyone else in these roles.
Once you see There Will be Blood you will forever associate Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview. Lewis is ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at The Phantom Tollbooth
ReelTalk (Diana Saenger)
If you're an action junkie, need stupid humor or steamy jazz numbers to get you enticed into watching a movie, then There Will Be Blood is not for you. The movie's 17-minute opening sequence uses no dialogue while showing a stern prospector wiggling his ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at ReelTalk (Diana Saenger)
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
With itâs 8 Oscar Nominations, including Best Picture, Paul Thomas (âMagnolia,â âBoogie Nightsâ) Andersonâs adaptation of a novel by Upton Sinclair will surely generate a buzz for both general and Christian audiences. Christian audiences shoul ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
There are only so many kinds of stories that can be told -- only six, some say, and Shakespeare told âem all best anyway. And there are only so many different ways of telling those tales on film (if anyone has put a number to it, Iâm not aware of it). ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
World Socialist Web Site
Histrionic, fatally confused and socially evasive, Paul Thomas Andersonâs There Will Be Blood is all the worse for its touching upon important subjects, oil and religion in American life. Putting the best interpretation on it, Anderson is simply way in ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at World Socialist Web Site
musicOMH (Anton Bitel)
In 1911, having already had some success with oil prospecting, Daniel follows a tip-off to the community of Little Boston in California, accompanied by his adopted son H.W. (Dillon Freasier) and his right hand man Fletcher (Ciarán Hinds). There he finds ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at musicOMH (Anton Bitel)
CinemaZone.dk
Han graver og hakker ufortrødent efter guld og borer døgnet rundt utaknemmeligt efter olie, som var der ingen dag i morgen. 2½ timers film senere har han fundet kilden til materiel rigdom såvel som til skyggesiden af den amerikanske drøm. Med en sjæ ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at CinemaZone.dk
Screen International (--)
There Will Be Blood is a vivid, sprawling parable about greed and moral corrosion. Set in the majestic American Southwest circa 1900, Paul Thomas Anderson's film will ride to the box-office largely on Daniel Day Lewis's volcanic performance as Daniel ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Screen International (--)
Comingsoon.net
After finding oil, California miner Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) turns oil drilling into a lucrative business that's going well until he encounters Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), the evangelical minister of a small religious town called Little Boston, ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Comingsoon.net
FilmJudge (David Mercier)
Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis) is a gifted oil prospector with a reputation for being ruthless, efficient and very good at what he does. He is approached by Paul Sunday (Dano), and told there is oil in the ground near his family's ranch in Little Boston, ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at FilmJudge (David Mercier)
Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (Boo Allen)
A remarkable epic distinguished further by Day-Lewis' performance. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (Boo Allen)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Elyusha Vafaeisefat)
IGN Movies (Todd Gilchrist)
There Will Be Blood is a brilliant film, a real, important work in a world that looks at art as a four-letter word, and another entry in a filmography that stands among the most important -- and yes, distinctive -- in modern movies. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at IGN Movies (Todd Gilchrist)
DVD Talk (Randy Miller III)
SoundtrackNet (Dan Goldwasser)
There Will Be Blood is a long film, but it's worth seeing. The acting is great, the production value solid, and unlike the other oil epic Giant, there is no romantic storyline to distract from the raw determination of Plainview's desire for the bla ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at SoundtrackNet (Dan Goldwasser)
Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)
Sacramento News & Review (Jonathan Kiefer)
A self-styled maverick of major ambition and, until now, minor films, [director P.T.] Anderson has achieved a bombastic breakthrough with There Will Be Blood. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Jonathan Kiefer)
DVD Clinic (Jason Adams)
Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
Wunderkind director Paul Thomas Anderson has never balked from taking on big topics in films that don't exactly scream "commercially viable"; he's our most ambitious and self-assured young director, and for his fifth film, he chose nothing less than the ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
âNo movie this year was more rooted in the American soil than this powerful character study and origin story.â Thatâs what I wrote a couple of weeks ago when I had space for just a few words to explain why There Will Be Blood earned the top slot on ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
DVD Talk (Randy Miller III)
Eye for Film ("Chris")
At a time when oil in movies is usually about modern day strife â Syriana, Total Denial, A Crude Awakening â cinemagoers are maybe ready for a good old fashioned epic about the pioneering days of the industry.
There Will Be Blood follows Daniel ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Eye for Film ("Chris")
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Loosely inspired by the Upton Sinclair novel, "Oil!", in addition to the life and times of oil tycoon Edward Doheny, writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson (Punch-Drunk Love, Magnolia) returns with another masterwork of sorts with There Will Be Bl ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Eye for Film (Angus Wolfe Murray)
The most talked about movie amongst the late arrivals at The Award Ceremonies Ball, 2008, doesnât sit comfortably with a recognisable label. Not unlike Citizen Kane, you might think.
Think again.
Copy picture
Ostensibly it is concerned with the ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Eye for Film (Angus Wolfe Murray)
Cinematical (Scott Weinberg)
It's more than a "departure" for director Paul Thomas Anderson; it's a monumental display of "evolution" that'll wow the established fans and impress a helluva lot more new ones. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Cinematical (Scott Weinberg)
CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
Too real to keep popcorn audiences interested, but for more patient moviegoers Daniel Day-Lewis's hypnotic performance makes it a must see. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
There Will Be Blood , the joint venture between actor Daniel Day-Lewis and director Paul Thomas Anderson, might be the most incendiary combination since the Molotov cocktail. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Maxim (Pete Hammond)
A masterpiece from Paul Thomas Anderson. You won't be able to shake it off. Daniel Day Lewis delivers a chilling portrait of greed. He can be charming, cunning, terrifying and pathetic -- sometimes all at once. This is a landmark performance. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Maxim (Pete Hammond)
Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)
This cinematic gut-punch is a wake-up call for the potential of a film to get under the viewers' skin. At a time when most movies are as expendable as fast food, here's one you won't be able to shake off anytime soon. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)
Film Monthly (Del Harvey)
Seeping out of the ground like some primordial ooze, dark and thick and fluid, a priceless poison. It's pure crude oil, and what Daniel Plainview sees in it is nothing less than the futureâhis and a whole nation's, reflected in the shiny slick that spew ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Film Monthly (Del Harvey)
Paul Thomas Anderson has been striving to make a masterpiece ever since he first exploded onto the American movie scene 10 years ago with his insanely ambitious second feature, Boogie Nights. Replete with showy camera moves and performance tics (borrowed ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
The small story fills the screen with confidence and unwinds with academy award winning grace, then ends disappointingly.
Daniel Day-Lewis is flat out one of the greatest actors of our time. He's magnificent in "There Will Be Blood," although, I think ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
MTV (Kurt Loder)
The movie has problems, but Daniel Day-Lewis' seismic performance is reason enough to see it. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at MTV (Kurt Loder)
Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Paul Thomas Anderson's overlong Upton Sinclair adaptation is nearly worth seeing solely for Daniel Day-Lewis's unforgettable performance. Nearly. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
The best movie performance so far this century? No contest. There's Daniel Day-Lewis' awe-inspiring turn as a greedy oilman in "There Will Be Blood , and there is everyone else. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
<<dnb@dca.net>>
Drilling for oil at the turn of the last century was a dirty business and it took a dirty man to do it. Daniel Plainview was such a man: prospector, single father, oilman, entrepreneur, adventurer, heathen, sociopath, and sinner.
With "There Will Be ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at <<dnb@dca.net>>
New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Blood does not release its grip on the audience until its last, bizarrely crazy minutes. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Some people say that oil is proof of the existence of an intelligent being. Just think of its uses. Oil propels cars and planes. Itâs used to make compact disks, pain relievers and other medicines, plastic bottles, Saran Wrap, canned goods, plant ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Hollywood Snitch (Rilio Mastrantonio)
Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a powerful performance in a fascinating movie centering around greed, power, and religion. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Hollywood Snitch (Rilio Mastrantonio)
BBC Films
Anderson starts as he means to go on with a daring opening sequence that charts Day-Lewis's early stabs at silver mining entirely without words - an admirably economical device that shows prospecting to be a dirty, dangerous and frequently deadly ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at BBC Films
KyleSmithOnline.com (Kyle Smith)
A macabre joke: suppose Capitalism and Evangelism climbed down an inky black hole together? Which one would emerge? ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at KyleSmithOnline.com (Kyle Smith)
Twitch (Peter Martin)
It's definitely not perfect, but it is sweeping and majestic as it moves down a lonely, powerful path. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Twitch (Peter Martin)
culturevulture.net, Choices for the Cognoscenti
Though talking about life, Macbeth could have been talking about Paul Thomas Anderson's new film when he described "A taleâ¦full of sound and fury signifying nothing." There Will Be Blood has the passion of an unforgettable performance and the ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at culturevulture.net, Choices for the Cognoscenti
Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Jenny Jediny)
There Will Be Blood is as frightening as it is engrossing; with a single viewing I felt a bit shell-shocked, if giddy, while the second was far easier to absorb, and to take note of the smaller details that remain in my mind like a well-written novel. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Jenny Jediny)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The voice of the oil man sounds made of oil, gristle and syrup. It is deep and reassuring, absolutely sure of itself, and curiously fraudulent. No man who sounds this forthright can be other than a liar. His name is Daniel Plainview, and he must have give ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Santa Fe Reporter
Yet this frenzy is balanced against Andersonâs clearest distillation of his theme of family. The blood of the title is a flexible symbol, used to reference the corporate thirst for oil, impending violence and even the Blood of the Lamb. But most of all ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Santa Fe Reporter
Film e Dvd
Dopo una serie di opere corali alla Altman (âBoogie nightsâ, âMagnoliaâ), il regista e sceneggiatore Paul Thomas Anderson torna dietro la macchina da presa con il film âIl petroliereâ, vincitore di due premi Oscar (miglior attore e miglior fot ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Film e Dvd
Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
Another phenomenal performance from Daniel Day-Lewis, who balances his character's purpose as symbol and depth as an individual. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Paul Thomas Anderson's overlong Upton Sinclair adaptation is nearly worth seeing solely for Daniel Day-Lewis's unforgettable performance. Nearly. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
What does it take to make you happy? Most people would list either family, financial security, a job that brings fulfillment, or love. âThere Will Be Blood,â reminds us that we can pay a steep price if we are trying to achieve a self-centered happin ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Andrea Chirichelli)
California, inizi del '900: un cercatore d'oro, Daniel Plainview, si rende improvvisamente conto che il futuro è del petrolio e inizia la sua carriera in quel ramo. Acquistata con l'inganno per poche migliaia di dollari una proprietà ubicata proprio ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Andrea Chirichelli)
The Nation (Stuart Klawans)
There Will Be Blood, by contrast, is flamboyant rather than immaculate, not just well made but brilliantly and intuitively expressive; and it leaves you feeling shaken but also a little stronger. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at The Nation (Stuart Klawans)
Le Devoir, Montréal (Odile Tremblay)
There Will Be Blood est un grand film, certainement la meilleure production américaine de l'année, déjà couronné par l'association des critiques américains. On s'étonnerait fort que Daniel Day-Lewis, qui y incarne le rôle principal du prospecteur ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Le Devoir, Montréal (Odile Tremblay)
<dnb@dca.net>
Drilling for oil at the turn of the last century was a dirty
business and it took a dirty man to do it. Daniel Plainview was such a
man: prospector, single father, oilman, entrepreneur, adventurer,
heathen, sociopath, and sinner.
With "There ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at <dnb@dca.net>
Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)
The best film of 2007 starts with quiet drilling in the desert and ends decades later with a violent showdown in a bowling alley. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)
Hollywood Reporter (John DeFore)
Daniel Day-Lewis stuns in Paul Thomas Anderson's saga of a soul-dead oil man. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Hollywood Reporter (John DeFore)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
The best things about Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood are not elements that will build large audiences. This is a film about character development/disintegration and a comprehensive look at the early days of the oil industry. The more the film ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Ruthless Reviews
The problem with so-called epoch-defining masterpieces is that with rare exceptions, they are often neither, settling instead for well-crafted epics that satisfy in spite of the hype. Paul Thomas Andersonâs There Will Be Blood, a film that carries a ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Ruthless Reviews
Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
How does Daniel Day-Lewis do it? If I were forced to pick the most talented working actor in the Movie Industry today, he might just be the man. And yet, still, much of Day-Lewisâ career is surrounded by mystery: he only works about once every three ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The voice of the oil man sounds made of oil, gristle and syrup. It is deep and reassuring, absolutely sure of itself, and curiously fraudulent. No man who sounds this forthright can be other than a liar. His name is Daniel Plainview, and he must have give ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Preview Family Movie Review
Though award givers will be paying tribute to its elaborate storytelling, both from an artistic and technical perspective, once again we are presented an Oscar hopeful determined to reflect the sourest notes of human behavior. There are two main ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Preview Family Movie Review
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
...almost as if Terrence Malick had directed Citizen Kane . ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
"THERE Will Be Blood," the joint venture between actor Daniel Day-Lewis and director Paul Thomas Anderson, might be the most incendiary combination since the Molotov cocktail. Though it can be over the top and excessive, this morality play set in the ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
A force beyond categories. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Marred ever-so-slightly by a bizarre ending, this is still a picture that challenges the audience, encourages them to explore the elements within it, and rewards them for being open to possibilities. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Detroit News (Adam Graham)
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. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Detroit News (Adam Graham)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Ambitious, deeply flawed and studded with sequences that achieve pure, majestic greatness. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
Anderson's most mature and ambitious film yet...[though his] growth as a filmmaker remains hindered by an obsession with effect and a disinterest in depth. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
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 ending. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)
If there's any moviemaker who knows the California Dream was always a devil's bargain, it's Paul Thomas Anderson. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)
The New York Sun (Nicolas Rapold)
Plainview: The name could belong to a cookie-cutter 1950s suburb. But Daniel Plainview, the rapacious, calculating wildcatter of Paul Thomas Anderson's excellent "There Will Be Blood," which hits New York Theaters on December 26, rises from an earlier, ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at The New York Sun (Nicolas Rapold)
Cinema Crazed (Felix Vasquez Jr.)
Anderson's drama is a beautiful combination of incredible cinematography, plays on morals and a stern statement about oil and the search for the American dream... ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Cinema Crazed (Felix Vasquez Jr.)
Seattle Times (Mark Rahner)
Up to now, director Paul Thomas Anderson's work has diminished with each film since Boogie Nights, but Blood is a maturation and reinvention. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Seattle Times (Mark Rahner)
ReelzChannel.com (Brent Simon)
Paul Thomas Anderson's fascinating fifth feature film is a sprawling, period piece character study%u2026 and an elongated put-on. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at ReelzChannel.com (Brent Simon)
Movie City News (David Poland)
Defies Fresh/Rotten designation by being SO good and SO bad all in one very confused act of inspiration. Cineastes must go to wallow in it. ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Movie City News (David Poland)
Reel.com
Ambitious as hell but irreparably flawed, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood enthralls for half its run, but balances precariously atop an epilogue that can't sustain the picture's dramatic weight. Picture a circus elephant perched on a beach ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Reel.com
Movies into Film.com (N.P. Thompson)
I caught the latest Paul Thomas Anderson debacle at a press screening on November 28, well before the critical drum circle had risen to its current âBurning Manâ pitch. In the clear light of late autumn drizzle, There Will Be Blood appeared to be no m ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Movies into Film.com (N.P. Thompson)
Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
I don't remember the last time a film gave me nightmares; it might have been when I was eight and saw Snow White's wicked witch try to poison her. But "There Will Be Blood" gave me the closest thing to a nightmare that I've had in quite a while. Daniel ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
A great brooding thundercloud of a movie, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood arrives as if from nowhere on a gust of critical acclaim, lowering over a landscape of barren mesas and hot, scrubby hills.
Anderson's epic, no less than his career, ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Daniel Plainview (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) is a silver prospector in 1898 who repeatedly nearly kills himself from his own poor planning and taking of risks. He somehow manages to survive his own incompetence, and in the process ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at
Laramie Movie Scope (Patrick Ivers)
Director/screenwriter Paul Thomas Anderson's film adaptation from Upton Sinclair's novel "Oil!" (originally based on the Teapot Dome scandal during the Harding administration) is dedicated to Robert Altman. Of the movies I've seen, the one that comes ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Patrick Ivers)
Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood" is an austere folly, a picture so ambitious, so filled with filmmaking, that its very scale almost obscures its blankness. The source for Anderson's fifth picture is Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel "Oil!" which ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
Maybe itâs true that no man is an island, and maybe it's not. Either way, this guy comes the closest, saying, in There Will Be Blood, "I look at people and see nothing worth liking." ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
Frank's Reel Reviews
A couple of weeks ago I was over a friend's house, and was admiring a poster on his wall featuring Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady from the 1950's beat generation. The two men were with their arms around each other's shoulders. My friend came over to me ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Frank's Reel Reviews
Daniel Plainview (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) is a silver prospector in 1898 who repeatedly nearly kills himself from his own poor planning and taking of risks. He somehow manages to survive his own incompetence, and in the process discovers oil in the ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at
Video Reviews with Joan Ellis
âThere Will Be Blood.â You bet there will be â metaphorical, emotional, and actual blood. The movie builds relentlessly on its own unpleasantness until we want to scream, or at the very least, to strangle Daniel Day Lewis. This fine actor, with meas ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at Video Reviews with Joan Ellis
The Cinema Source (Michael M. Dance)
There Will Be Blood is a one-of-a-kind movie, on one level a Citizen Kane-esque story about a miserable man corrupted by ambition, on another level a clash of business versus faith, and on quite another level, a horror movie. At the center of it all is ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at The Cinema Source (Michael M. Dance)
New York Press (Armond White)
âNo!â is the first word spoken in There Will Be Blood, and it should be the last said in response to Paul Thomas Andersonâs latest pretend epic. That obstinate âNo!â is Daniel Plainviewâs refusal to accept the fate awaiting him when he falls o ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at New York Press (Armond White)
critic.de (Sascha Keilholz)
Iâm an Oil-Manâ, behauptet Daniel Plainview von sich. Was ihn von den profitsüchtigen Geschäftemachern der Industrie unterscheiden soll, die wie Touristen per Zug von Ort zu Ort reisen, um Verträge aufzusetzen. Plainview wird selbst Teil der ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at critic.de (Sascha Keilholz)
CineScene.com (Chris Dashiell)
Thomas Andersonâs adaptation of a 1927 book by Upton Sinclair, contains a dense novelistic actuality under its deceptively bare surface. In this tale of a scrappy oil prospector and his journey to wealth, Anderson has himself gathered and quarried a mas ...read the complete There Will Be Blood movie review at CineScene.com (Chris Dashiell)
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