There Will Be Blood Critic Reviews

There Will Be Blood" is anti-state of the art. It's the work of an analog filmmaker railing against an increasingly digitized world. In that sense, the movie is idiosyncratic, too: vintage visionary stuff.Read the full review

The kind of film that is easily called great. I am not sure of its greatness. It was filmed in the same area of Texas used by "No Country for Old Men," and that is a great film, and a perfect one. But There Will Be Blood"is not perfect, and in its imperfections we may see its reach exceeding its grasp. Which is not a dishonorable thing.Read the full review

For bleakness, the movie can't be beat -- nor for brilliance.Read the full review

It's important to remember that Sinclair was as much a committed socialist as a novelist, someone who probably wrote for political purpose more than for dramatic effect. So while Day-Lewis' gorgeous acting largely disguises it, the people in "Blood" tend to be schematic and the film as a whole has a weakness for the didactic.Read the full review

Unfortunately, the film's final third is poorly focused and, while there is a clear conclusion, it feels strangely hollow.Read the full review

In terms of excitement, imagination and rule-busting experimentation, it's a gusher.Read the full review

Anderson almost brings off a picture worthy of his grandiose ambition.Read the full review

For a story that's all about the harnessing of fateful chthonic forces, Paul Thomas Anderson has dug deeper than ever before, and struck black gold.Read the full review

Daniel Day-Lewis stuns in Paul Thomas Anderson's saga of a soul-dead oil man.Read the full review