Day-Lewis will sweep you away with There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Ciaran Hinds, Paul Dano

Cert: 15

And the winner is: Daniel Day-Lewis!

The easiest prediction for a Best Actor Oscar in decades, though surprisingly this epic tale of oil and obsession didn’t also get the Best Picture or Best Director awards.

Still, this is a truly monumental work of art and Day-Lewis towers over it with quite one of the most impressive performances in cinema history as a man whose real quest in life is driven to the limits by greed, there is nothing else in his life worth considering.

Set in the early 1900s, this is also a clever and meaningful swipe at America’s attitude to the rest of the world.

A film of vast and terrible beauty, and a central performance that sweeps you away.

Star Rating: 5/5