Beautiful ugly...

Rating: 8/10 (24 January 2008)

As enthralling as the first half hour was the last 30 minutes was so authentically ugly that I actually left the theater feeling dark and muddied! The movie was poignant, penetrating and profound driven by a breathtakingly flawless performance by Daniel-Day Lewis. Yet, in my opinion, the movie wasn't perfect like so many have written here.
Lewis' sidekick partner was virtually missing in action through most of the story, and that left a serious void. And, the metamorphic transformation of Daniel-Day's character, from an angry, layered, pained soul to the personification of human evil left me a little confused, if not disturbed.
Daniel-Day Lewis should win best actor, but this film SHOULD NOT win best picture. That should go to Michael Clayton or No Country For Old Men.