One of its kind

Rating: 9/10 (4 October 2008)

I have a definite issue with this film, that is this movie is not for everyone. You need to settle down to see this almost 2.5 hours movie and I can guarantee you if you have the acumen of watching and understanding and differentiating between a good movie and bad movie , this one will undoubtedly fall into the first category. I want to remember this movie also because of such a solid performance from almost everyone. Daniel Day-Lewis with his long swallowed English accent and impeccable looking like a fortune hunter in early 20th century and Paul Dano with his malicious tone and power monger preaching style for "the church of 3rd revelation" would be remembered for days to come. The story line is just rock solid for a period film based on 100 years back. This has got several pickup lines althrough also but then you need to watch it out yourself. First 10 minutes of this movie has hardly any words and that just makes the base of the film so firmly that once you get into it you will love to see what is happening next. The story of a commonplace man, struggling for getting rich, his compromises with local people's faith in God, struggling with his inner demons, mishaps and successes, dialogs, cinematography, direction everything together make this film a definite 9/10 in my personal rating.