WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

bruceshaw-84725 Paul Thomas Anderson is considered one of the premier auteur of our ages and this film shows why-It is a brilliant bit of filmmaking and of course the ever-magnificent Daniel Day Lewis is so good as the misanthrope Daniel Plainview. Much like every other film of Anderson this one will be analyzed and dissected for years to come but for now you owe it to yourself to go and see this magnus opus on the oil fields of America. There isn't much to say that hasn't been said already but this is one of the standout films of the 00s and will be long cherished by cinephiles and art enthusiasts alike.

george-45010 The movie was bad enough, slow, plodding and populated with unpleasant characters, but it is accompanied by the worst score in history. The music never matches the action and whoever did it had a tin ear. Then a couple of classical pieces are misplaced and are completely out of context; i.e. Brahms Violin Concerto at the end. This so detracts from the rest of the film that its few virtues get buried. Sure, there is Daniel Day Lewis performance, but despite 2 hrs and 38 minutes we don't learn much about his character or why he's doing what he's doing. I had looked forward to this with anticipation but was deeply disappointed. The treatment is just terrible and watching it is a very unsatisfying experience.

seraphin01 So here I am, after wasting over 2:30 of my life on a movie that was SO highly rated I couldn't skip, I had to see it through (sadly I took my parents along, and my dad not being a big fan of cinema hated it so much I doubt I'll ever be able to make him watch another movie with me ever again, thanks), I really thought things will pick up at some point, that there will be a plot, action, drama.. ANYTHING..But no, there is nothing, long silences, embarrassing scenes, irritating music.. the plot? I'm not even sure, some guy that gets rich, looses it at some point without too much of a reason.. Anyway not gonna list all the things I hated about this movie, there are too many, only good things I can point though is the actors, mostly good, some under used for whatever reason.. but yeah that's about itas for the rest I wish the review wasn't some hype train rating, this movie deserves at BEST a 6/10, at which point I would have been a lot more careful to decide to watch it or not, and I wouldn't have put my dad through this for sure.. to me it's not even worth 5, only a niche kind of audience can appreciate that kind of cinema.. yeah the kind that lurk on online reviews and biais the rating like that..So to sum it up, that movie was just pure hype, I'm not even sure most people saw it whole, but the name rings nicely for sure.. other than that it's a terrible movie, so unless you're on your own to watch it, save your friends/family, don't make them go through 2:30 of that

bamafan-52475 Parts of the movie are so abstract you miss part of the "action" ( I use that term loosely) trying to figure out what just happened. The score is grating to say the least and the storyline is like a patchwork quilt that is coming apart. It was 2 and 1/2 hours of my life I will never get back and I'm sad.