There Will Be Blood
A ruthless oilman builds an empire in early twentieth-century California and wars with a young preacher.
- Type
- Film
- Released
- 2007
- Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson, Upton Sinclair
- Length
- 158 min · An evening or two
- Rated
- MPA R
- Critics' average
- 88/100 across 5 published scores
Genres
Drama · Character study · Historical · Revisionist western
What it feels like
Ambition & money · Power, empire & religion · Family · Bleak · Tense
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