A Brilliant, brooding tribute to the bleakness of imbalanced priorities

Rating: 9/10 (9 April 2009)

My wife made me watch this. I said no way - I don't like Daniel Day Lewis. Now, I am not so sure why I said that. This was an incredible film and would not have been possible without his skills as an artist. From the opening scenes that reveal his dedication to success (i.e. crawling overland with a broken leg to have his ore sample analyzed) to the final, tragic culmination of his inner rage, this movie did not let me go. It hooks you from the beginning and keeps you firmly snared as it unfolds. I disagree with the comments about how the main character was "lonely". The entire point of the film is that this man was ENTIRELY the success-driven machine (monster?) which Lewis portrayed. A definite classic - highly recommended!