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Ambitious prospector Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis, in an Oscar-winning role) strikes it rich when he buys the oil rights to a California family's ranch, turns a simple village into a boomtown and stokes the ire of a charismatic young preacher (Paul Dano). Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds and Russell Harvard co-star in writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson's Oscar-nominated adaptation of Upton Sinclair's novel Oil!
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Rated:ExcellentA dark, slow-paced portrait of the early 1900's "oil rush". Brilliant performances by Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano; excellent soundtrack.
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Rated:EPIC!As much as I liked "No Country..." this should have won Best Picture. DDL owns Best Actor. Really a monster movie, isn't it?
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Rated:EPIC!Very intense experience. Daniel Day-Lewis owns it. Academy Award well deserved. Paul Dano does some terrific scenes.

