Jesus is Daniel Day Lewis a good actor! This movie is wonderfully contrived, filmed, and masterfully directed but it would be nothing without Lewis. His Oscar winning performance as Daniel Plainview, a rich oil tycoon is peerless. He is simply put, a friggin bastard.
The movie follows Plainview's humble beginnings in the oil business and follows his route from journeyman to oil tycoon. Along the way Plainview adopts his partners son, due to an untimely death, and then takes on a young preacher while expanding his empire.
The preacher, played by Paul Dano, is a lot more trouble than Lewis' Plainview could ask for, but in the end Plainview wins out. This film is wonderfully shot, very violent, very gritty, and a great portrayal of a "robber baron", and what he will do and whom he will alienate to keep his fortune. Lewis deserved the Oscar and who deserve to treat yourself to this film.
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