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81% Critic Match
There Will Be Blood
“There will be greed. There will be vengeance.”
8.1 / 10• 2007• 2h 38m•R• 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 Plainview
Lead
Paul Dano
Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday
Kevin J. O'Connor
Henry
Ciarán Hinds
Fletcher Hamilton
Dillon Freasier
H.W. Plainview
Hope Elizabeth Reeves
Elizabeth
Colleen Foy
Mary Sunday
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.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. There Will Be Blood is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
