endlessly dragging on showcase for an actor

Rating: 1/10 (19 February 2008)

I was very disappointed by this movie. P.T. Anderson is not able to narrate the history. Already the beginning of the film is very bad: You see Day-Lewis digging in the hole for endless time. Off and on the dates of the years are shown to indicate the passage of time. But you learn nothing about the character. Although the film is very long, the interesting things are left out. Especially the last third of the movie is very boring. Important events like the marriage are shown very shortly instead we see Day-Lewis being drunk on the floor for endless minutes. Daniel Day-Lewis is very pretentiously acting. If you compare it to Raoul Walsh's SILVER RIVER you know how bad this new film is. Despite his length there is no flesh on the bones, it is an empty movie with nothing to say.