Daniel Day Lewis give a strong performance in an otherwise completely implausible movie.

Rating: 7/10 (30 August 2010)

When you talk about pretentious, this movie is it. Mister Day-Lewis is fine as the lead character and the actors are excellent too, but it's the story that brings this movie down. What a contrived, melodramatic bunch of gump. Here's an angry man beating up on the earth, and the audience is supposed to believe that anybody would do business with him? Even a Hollywood movie requires a certain amount of plausibility. This man is so angry and maladjusted that it is hard to imagine how he could get it together to do business and make money. This fellow does everything he can to intimidate and drive people away yet the movie is about him interacting with people. How could anyone be expected to take this character seriously? He yells at people, is violent and at times is completely obnoxious. Okay, if this what the audience likes, so be it. But the next time you come across a businessman with a scowl on his face, ask yourself: Is this guy about to blow up on me, like that guy does in that oil movie? I give this movie a 7 only because of DDL's strong performance.