Very Disappointed.

Rating: 6/10 (27 December 2010)

Though this film got an 8.2 out of 10 from viewers overall, I was very disappointed. Though Daniel Day-Lewis is an excellent actor, I found this movie to be slow, tedious, dark, and depressing. There was little character development, and the plot was labored and meandering. I actually fast forwarded through the last few scenes just to get it over with, something I rarely have done.
Though the film was nicely filmed, and I learned something about the late 19th and early 20th centuries in terms of the challenges of the oil exploration business in the United States, I found little else in the story that made it worth viewing.
Again, I found this film to be very disappointing, and I would not recommend this movie to anyone. I can think of a lot of other things I'd rather do with 2 1/2 hours of my life.