Really Misses

Rating: 5/10 (19 December 2007)

Beautifully shot and amazing sets. Everyone did their homework and Daniel Day Lewis does a great job, but then it all begins to go wrong.
Paul Dano was horribly miscast and cannot keep up with Day Lewis blowing the climax with a pitiful performance. Plus, he actually looked younger at the end of the film! Jonny Greenwood, while an interesting choice for music, really seemed to miss the point and turned this into some kind of an experimental piece. Some great music, but often distracting with the feeling of a Horror film rather than a serious drama. I'm all for different and exciting, but you should never be taken out of the film as this soundtrack so often does.
This could/should have been a masterpiece, but it's way too long and loses it's direction about three quarters of the way through. I was eagerly awaiting this film and was extremely disappointed.