Gratuitous waste of time

Rating: 1/10 (20 April 2008)

I'm a fan of Daniel Day Lewis, and he did a good job acting. Unfortunately, there was no coherent plot or story. Any allegations of greed vs. religion are wholly false. The religious content represents Upton Sinclair's atheist perspective while the greed speaks to his Socialist/communist bent.
The score was abysmal, consisting of some the most annoying "noise" that absolutely overpowered the movie and was wholly distracting. I have never witnessed such a horrible, intrusive score. It wasn't simply grating, it was nearly insufferable. I muted the sound more than once to try and escape it.
I wish I had done more homework prior to watching or I wouldn't have bothered. As the final credits rolled, I saw that it was based on a story by Upton Sinclair. Sinclair was a man of great writing talent grossly handicapped by his Socialist ideology.
Dramatically disappointing. Wouldn't watch it again if paid to do so.