oil man goes bad amidst very good acting

Rating: 3/10 (17 February 2008)

this movie will leave some moviegoers mistaking dramatic sienna-hued cinematography, powerful acting and startling music for a film with deeper meaning. (the film doesn't merit a longer comment, but in order to get my 3 stars posted, 10 lines of comments are required, so... Lewis' acting is superb, no surprise; there is no real point to the movie, however, other than to show bad people being bad, petty people being petty, etc.; cinematography is enjoyable; went to the theater with high hopes, looking forward to a film i could really "sink my teeth into", but this just left me wanting to spit in the dirt. disappointing one for Anderson.)