In her review of There Will Be Blood, New York Times film critic Monohla Dargis calls the new Paul Thomas Anderson film a "breakthrough" for its director and "above all a consummate work of art." Furthermore, she writes, "its pleasures are unapologetically aesthetic. It reveals, excites, disturbs, provokes, but the window it opens is to human consciousness itself." Daniel Day-Lewis gives "a thrilling performance, among the greatest I’ve seen," writes Dargis, "purposefully alienating and brilliantly located at the juncture between cinematic realism and theatrical spectacle."
In her review of There Will Be Blood, New York Times film critic Monohla Dargis calls the new Paul Thomas Anderson film a "breakthrough" for its director and "above all a consummate work of art." Furthermore, she writes, "its pleasures are unapologetically aesthetic. It reveals, excites, disturbs, provokes, but the window it opens is to human consciousness itself."
Daniel Day-Lewis, as the rapacious early 20th-century oilman Daniel Plainview, gives "a thrilling performance, among the greatest I’ve seen," writes Dargis, "purposefully alienating and brilliantly located at the juncture between cinematic realism and theatrical spectacle."
To read the full review, visit nytimes.com. The film opens in New York and Los Angeles today. Its soundtrack, featuring music by Jonny Greenwood, is available now at the new Nonesuch Store.
