There Will Be Blood
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81% Critic Match

There Will Be Blood

There will be greed. There will be vengeance.

8.1 / 10 2007 2h 38mR English
Drama

Storyline

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

Cast & Crew

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Plainview

Lead
Paul Dano

Paul Dano

Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday

Kevin J. O'Connor

Kevin J. O'Connor

Henry

Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds

Fletcher Hamilton

Dillon Freasier

Dillon Freasier

H.W. Plainview

Hope Elizabeth Reeves

Hope Elizabeth Reeves

Elizabeth

Colleen Foy

Colleen Foy

Mary Sunday

Barry Del Sherman

Barry Del Sherman

H. B. Ailman

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Paul Thomas Anderson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. There Will Be Blood is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker