
There Will Be Blood
4.3
(6.2K)
Drama
2007
158 min
R
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
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"I have never been so affected by a film's mood as I have with this Daniel Day-Lewis starrer. He starts the movie as an ambitious man with plans for the future of his family and reputation. As the plot unravels, we see his attitude change to one of cruelty and avarice. The amount of human wreckage he leaves behind is astounding. Along his path of greed, he meets others who want to walk beside him, at a vicious cost. Each actor brings an amazing skill to this incredible film. That being said, as good as this film is, I don't believe I could watch it again. "
"A calm, unruly character study. What an amazing journey through the mind of an oil man. Daniel Day-Louis with the win!"
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Jonathan David Whitfield
"American greed at its finest. who much is required to be rich and what do you become when you keep getting richer. at some points of the film you will root for the main character and live his ambition, later on the film that love will turn into disgust and fear from what the character has turned into"
"(2007) This is the most overrated movie I've seen in a while. Daniel Day Lewis is phenomenal as Daniel Plainview, but even his incredible performance can't entirely save this. The character's one dimensional and lacks any real depth or backstory, making it hard to care about his journey. Eli Sunday, on the other hand, is the real standout… his complexities and quirks make him way more intriguing. The religious themes feel absurd and don't add much to the story. The pacing's glacial, with two and a half hours feeling like an eternity. The ending's abrupt and awful, and the famous "I drink your milkshake" line feels more ridiculous than iconic. I'm just not part of the cult that loves this movie… it feels like people are raving about it because they think they’re supposed to like it, not because it's actually that good. 6/10 from me, and that's being generous."