The Paul Newman of Facial Hair

Rating: Null/10 (24 January 2009)

Daniel Day Lewis' mustache steals the show with its unrelenting greed and by-any-means-necessary business methods. This fantastic piece of facial hair one-ups its performance in Gangs of New York, where it butchered through Leo DiCaprio's stubble, shaving the Hollywood Heartthrob bare. Many shots in the movie emphasize the mustache's loneliness, placing the handlebar masterpiece amidst vast desert landscapes, making it clear that in Capitalism, every little hair is on its own. Based on Upton Sinclair's classic early 1900s mustache, There Will Be Blood's bushy protagonist puts forth a most definitely Oscar-worthy performance (though I don't know if there's a category for it).