Went to see this Daniel Day Lewis film at the cinema yesterday. Excellent acting by Lewis and more human than I had been led to believe from the reviews, until the end, of course. But I don't think that the film adequately explained the character progression. They attempted to but there were no real tipping points by which one understood why 'Daniel Plainview' came to be who he was in the end.
And as for the slimeball preacher. Excruciatingly embarrassing although another great performance by Dano (Little Miss Sunshine). I think the writer & director must really have something against religion to give such an awful rendition of a church leader.
An excellent stage for a tour-de-force by Daniel Day Lewis although the story development doesn't quite match up to the strength of Lewis' peerless performance.
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