Is it any good? An epic, uneasy viewing experience which gets under your skin from the very first moments. Day-Lewis commands the screen throughout, bristling with barely suppressed rage and hatred, making you fearful for anyone that come into contact with him, a performance which duly earned him his second Best Actor Oscar. Equally unnerving in a quieter way is his nemesis Dano and every time these two face up to each other it makes for a truly gripping confrontation. Add in the unsettling, discordant score from Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood and you have something which borders on becoming a horror movie at times. Only in the final scene does it lose its way slightly, stretching credibility and becoming a little overblown. However, that is only a slight misstep in a compelling and bleak vision about greed, hatred and obsession.
I don't trust you. What others think? Hailed as one of the great American films, as well as a great film about America, and for many critics the best film of the 2000s.
Anything else I should know? People seem particularly taken with the 'I drink your milkshake' scene, with any number of homages (see Exhibits A and B below) and piss-takes available online like this one, set to Kelis' song Milkshake.
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| Exhibit A Exhibit B |
What does the Fonz think? There Will Be Two Thumbs.
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