A negative, sad, and truly dark Epic

Rating: 3/10 (3 February 2008)

If you want to sit and look an OK documentary about the oil industry, and the greedy men who were behind it, then perhaps this is a good movie for you.
However, the movie is long, boring on occasion, and even worse, the whole story is very sad, the ending borderline depressive, and there is nothing to get out of this movie, except see a documentary you could probably rent elsewhere.
So why all the raving reviews you ask. Clearly written by people who like dramas, epics, and truly pathetic endings.
The few positive points of this movie: it's an epic, but boring. The documentary part is well done, but incomplete, you only get part of the story behind the early oil business, and yes the acting is very good.
However at over 2 hours 40 minutes, which feel like 3 in a theatre, it's a miracle you can stand it.
Do yourself a favor, and at the most rent this one, or rent my Left Foot if you admire the genius of Daniel Day-Lewis, otherwise save your money.