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 enlarge | Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Paul Dano, Daniel Day Lewis
Studio: Paramount
Category: Movie
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Rating:  361 reviews
Sales Rank: 3861
Genre: Drama
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 159
ASIN: B001A4LYN2
Theatrical Release Date: January 11, 2008
Release Date: October 22, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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 amazing November 6, 2008
What an amazing film. Definite must see. i was really stunned by this film being a huge Paul Anderson fan. I thought how could he top Magnolia and then he made this. I do not really get how the coen brothers won for both best direction and best picture considering No Country For Old Men is nowhere near as good as both this film or the Coens' previous films. In saying this though I cannot be surprised though the academy has been filled with people who picked "Going My Way" as the best picture over "Double Indemnity" or 'Hamlet" over Houston's " The Treasure of Sierra Madre". So I think this film will follow such a suit.
 How on Earth did this movie get such rave reviews from critics? November 5, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This movie couldn't hold my attention for more than 5 minutes at a time -- and I'm certainly not the spacey, ADD/HD type of person. I enjoy a GOOD movie as much as anyone, but I don't understand in a million years how this movie got Academy Awards. I just don't. Of course, it's only my opinion, but I finished the movie completely buffuddled and bewildered.
This is a classic example of a movie that you're going to either love or hate. There's virtually no grey area. It appeals to critics, and only a certain kind of audience. People who are looking for movies that don't fit in with 'normal' society. I guess those are the kind of movies that the Academy consider great, even though they're far from it.
I couldn't in a million years recommend this movie to anyone, but if you enjoyed it, I'm not going to argue with you. To each his own, but I thought it was abysmal, personally.
Began with great promise but was ultimately forgettable November 4, 2008
The movie started with great promise, but never fulfilled it. The climax of the flick was not noteworthy. Finally, the acting, while strong at the beginning, grew tiresome by the end.
There's gold in them their broken leg. November 4, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The first thing about my review that you will notice is that I do not use the characters names or describe what event it is that I am talking about. I do make it clear to you, once you've seen this movie, exactly what event I'm talking about. I deem it absolutely necessary not to give any of this movie away in my review as to keep the integrity of the movie in tact. That, in itself, should tell you how great this movie is. This, in my opinion is Day's best movie since he made My Left Foot. The movie starts off slow enough in the beginning, so much so that my wife and I almost turned it off. But after the initial 10 minutes of the movie (which there are no sounds or words), it picked up speed and stayed in the NASCAR hunt for the flag in the way of speed and flow of this movie. This one, once it gets moving, stays interesting as we follow the oil baron through his highs and lows of being a ruthless oil baron. The ending as with the rest of the movie, was well thought out and brought to us, the movie goer, in a Hope Diamond type of ending. That is to say that it is absolutely a magnificent ending where all of the main characters demon's finally come back to haunt him to the point of total ruin.
In closing I would like to emplore you to rent or buy this movie and watch it one night when your angry and spiteful. This movie will meet your anger and spite head on, and leave you feeling glad that your anger will subside even when his never did.
I bid you angry and spiteful watching and may your heart recover it's happiness even though his didn't.
Xilocane
awful November 4, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Hard to believe this film was celebrated as one of the best of the year.
It is uninspired, with bad performances, a very superficial photography.
It hurts what a Terrence Malick woud have done with this sujet! Danel Day Lewis is a great actor but how managed Anderson to turn him into the worst performance of his career.
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