There Will Be Blood (2007)

There Will Be Blood (2007)

2007 R 158 Minutes

Drama

When Daniel Plainview - a ruthless oil prospector - learns of oil-rich land in California that can be bought cheaply, he moves his operation there and begins manipulating and exploiting the local l...

Overall Rating

9 / 10
Verdict: Great
  • There Will Be Blood should've been titled "Here Be Oil". If you were hoping for blood, violence and plenty of gore...put this film back and choose a Tarantino film instead. What we have though, is an extremely intelligent character study on an ind... Read the full review »
  • BarneyNuttall

    BarneyNuttall

    10 / 10
    Considered by many a modern masterpiece, There Will Be Blood is grossly dark, boldly comic, and expertly crafted. It acts as a culmination of artists at the height of their craft as well as a depiction of the birth of capitalist America and the pe... Read the full review »
  • WHAT I LIKED: Paul Thomas Anderson's 'There Will Be Blood,' is one of the greatest illustrations of the effects of capitalism and the American Dream ever put to film. Set in early America when the system of buying and selling commodities was stri... Read the full review »