There Will Be Blood

Where there is oil, there is greed.


There Will Be Blood
Set in the early years of the previous century, as the oil boom was taking off, this movie chronicles one man's relentless drive to succeed, and the price he pays. Starting out as a simple silver miner, our hero turns to oil, and builds his business to become a huge empire. Along the way he becomes exceedingly wealthy, but has no personal life to speak off. The more successful he became, the more evil he committed, driving him to seek redemption by whatever means possible. The film won two Oscars and another 40 awards. At the time of writing, it is at number 30 on the IMDB's Top 100 list.

155 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence).
Drama, Thriller, On the art circuit
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Credits

Cast
Danil Day-Lewis, Martin Stringer, Kevin J. O'Connor, Jacob Stringer, Matthew Braden Stringer, Ciarán Hinds, Dillon Freasier
Director
Paul Thomas Anderson
ScreenplayPaul Thomas Anderson
MusicJonny Greenwood
CinematographyRobert Elswit
EditingDylan Tichenor
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2007
Produced byGhoulardi Film Company, Paramount Vantage, MIramax FIlms

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageSome strong, but some intensely violent and threatening language. Strong blasphemy
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceOccasionally moderate. One very strong and brutal scene.
PrejudiceStrong blasphemy
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsNone
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
2
Violence
5
Blood / Gore / Gross
4
Guns / Weapons
4
Profanity
2
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
5
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
5
Imitative Behaviour
3
Frightening / Tense Scenes
3
Jump Scenes
1
Tense Family Scenes
4
Music (Scary/Tense)
4
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
3


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Diane de Beer
5
Die Burger
Francois Bloemhof
20
Cape Times
Kenneth Turan
20
iAfrica.com
Nils van der Linden quote iconA big, bold, barking mad success.
15
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
10
24.com
Christina Carstens
15
BBC
Neil Smith quote iconAnderson's film is also timeless — a sweeping epic in the classic Hollywood tradition that invites comparison with Citizen Kane and Giant. As lofty as its themes are, though, There Will Be Blood finally works best as a thrilling vehicle for its star's fiery majesty and remarkable ability to disappear inside every role he takes on.
15
Chicago Sunday Times
Roger Ebert quote iconThere Will Be Blood is the kind of film that is easily called great.
18
ReelViews
James Berardinelli quote iconThere Will Be Blood has the capacity to engage, if not enthrall. Unfortunately, the film's final third is poorly focused and, while there is a clear conclusion, it feels strangely hollow.
15
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers quote iconThe first time I saw this beautiful beast of a movie from director-writer Paul Thomas Anderson, I felt gut-punched.
20
ScreenIt
quote iconStriking in a number of memorable ways and featuring a title that thematically works on various levels, There Will Be Blood exists in the sort of movie vein not often seen nowadays.
16
Metacritic.com
39 critics
18
Rottentomatoes critics
176 critics
17
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconA sparse and sprawling epic that boasts incredible lead performances.
18

What the People say

Internet
39953 Netizens quote iconBrilliant and chilling, Blood will leave you speechless
17

Average .. 80%

16




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