Solid Film.

Rating: 8/10 (14 April 2008)

The acting is exceptional, the direction and production are fantastic, and even the soundtrack is notable. While Daniel Day Lewis' character resembles characters he's already played before, his performance is even more convincing.
Perhaps the most enjoyable thing about this film is that although it deals with two issues that are highly politicized in America today --- the oil industry and evangelical Christianity--- it does not stoop to the heavy-handed preaching that it quite easily could. It's about characters, not ideology. The story sustains itself, and in truth there's very little to this film but the story, which is strong enough it doesn't require the CGI, the gratuitous one-liners, nor the (at this point far overdone) non-linear story telling that so many films today do rely on.
Just a solid film, a representation of how simple and direct a story can be. Refreshing, in a time when everything else seems to rely on gimmick. A show of talent, rather than novelty.