Academy Award Winner: Best Achievement in Cinematography, 2008.
Silver miner Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) leads a hardscrabble existence with his son, H.W. (Dillon Freasier). When he hears about oil oozing out of the ground near the western town of Little Boston, Daniel takes his son on a mission to find their fortune. Daniel makes his lucky strike and becomes a self-made oil tycoon, but as his fortune grows, his soul becomes morally bankrupt.
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There are three important things to note about Paul Thomas Anderson's bold new film, "There Will Be Blood." First, there will be no other film like it this year or next, nothing that sounds like it or looks like it or feels like it. The second is that Daniel Day-Lewis is insanely good in it. Finally, you may have to be slightly unhinged to appreciate it, because it is a wild, unsettling experience. (Full review)