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An epic tale of family, faith, power and oil set on the incendiary frontier of California's turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview, who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. When Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that there's a little town out West where an ocean of oil... See Full Description
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Drama and Adaptation |
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| Running Time: |
2 hrs. 38 min. |
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| Release Date: |
December 26th, 2007 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for some violence. |
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| Distributors: |
Paramount Vantage, Miramax International
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$40,218,903 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
A-
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Boston Globe, Wesley Morris
"This is a movie we can almost completely feel." more...
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A |
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"The performance by Day-Lewis may well win an Oscar nomination..." more...
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A- |
E! Online, Chris Farnsworth
"... reminiscent of great '70s westerns ..." more...
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A |
Filmcritic.com, Sean O'Connell
"... enthralls for half its run but balances precariously atop an epilogue that can't sustain the picture's dramatic weight." more...
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C |
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