Richmond Times Dispatch (“Nothing to Gush About“, 1-18-108), and he didn’t like it very much. He calls the director, Paul Thomas Anderson, “freakishly overrated,” and accuses Daniel Day-Lewis of overacting the role in a “voice is so put-on and artificial-sounding that it is a constant distraction.” Finally he believes that Paul Dano has been miscast, having “neither the charisma nor the maturity required for the role.” I saw the film last night and I don’t think that Neman saw the same film I did.
Let’s take Neman’s claims one at a time. Critics have very mixed feelings about Paul Thomas Anderson as a director, so I am not sure how anyone can call him freakishly overrated. I, myself, am ambivalent. I quite enjoyed Punch Drunk Love, even with Adam Sandler in the lead, but Magnolia left me a little cold. Boogie Nights was good, too. Moreover, even though Magnolia left me cold, it was a well made film.
As to the charge of Daniel Day-Lewis overacting, well I just didn’t notice it and few in the theater with me seemed to either. Nor do those who who are nominating him for awards right and left. Day-Lewis seemed to genuinely inhabit the role. It is said that is his is technique, to go so deeply into character that it is hard for him to get out when the project is done. I would be curious to know how Neman judged the inappropriateness of the accent Day-Lewis speaks in throughout the film. Did he study the accents of late 18th century Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin? The Americanized dialect that Neman seems to expect took time to develop.
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Finally, I happen to think that Paul Dano did a wonderful job in his role. He is just the right choice, actually. He is charismatic, but in a way that isn’t immediately apparent. He’s not a pretty boy or a talk dark and handsome brooder, so it kind of throws you off. He does have the range as an actor and so, like his character, is able to manipulate the rhetoric, delivery and performance.
There Will Be Blood is an amazing film–beautifully filmed, spectacular scenery, outstanding cinematography… The first chapter of the story is told without any dialogue whatsoever, an impressive achievement in itself. It’s a stark, unsettling film of epic proportions. ]]>