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Phantom Thread

2017

Paul Thomas Anderson

Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville, Richard Graham ...

6.8

17,366

Drama. Romance Set in the glamour of 1950’s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Welcome to the prickly, sly, entirely exquisite world of 'Phantom Thread' (...) [Day-Lewis] could hardly have given a more ideal performance with which to sign off (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"An inspired and eccentric old-school melodrama (...) Woodcock may, or may not, be the most powerful and resilient character in the piece, but he's supremely complex and fascinating to observe."	POS
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"Anderson has crafted one of his best-looking works to date (...) Day-Lewis does put together a fabulous fussbudget (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"'Phantom Thread' is seductive and absorbing, but it’s also emotionally remote (...) The film, in what should have been its culminating passages, loses steams and grows repetitive"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"There is such pure delicious pleasure in this film, in its strangeness, its vehemence, its flourishes of absurdity, carried off with superb elegance (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"It isn’t until the final stretch of the story (...) that the film perks up and grabs your attention instead of just your admiration (...) But for the most part, the wait ends up being worth it."	POS
United States	William Bibbiani IGN	"Gorgeous and unpredictable, and maybe a little indulgent, 'Phantom Thread' is another fascinating drama from Paul Thomas Anderson, with captivating lead performances by Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps."	POS
United States	Matt Singer Screen Crush	"The mounting suspense in the House of Woodcock recalls a few Hitchcock’s classics (...) During 'Phantom Thread' I became totally immersed in its world and characters"	POS
United States	Andrew Crump The Playlist	"You’ll want to live inside Paul Thomas Anderson’s masterful film (...) Day-Lewis is pretty good"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Paul Thomas Anderson has crafted a period drama of startling tonal fluidity (...) Day-Lewis’ measured, fragile performance finds space to express Reynolds’ emerging craving for Alma"	POS
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"Few films are this alive to the equilibrium that many artists require in order to create (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	John Serba Decider	"'Phantom Thread' is a low-key PTA classic. Seen it already? Well, watch it again"	POS

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