JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

betty dalton I will have to warn the popcorn loving masses. P.T. Anderson did NOT make his movies for the masses. Please stay away, you will only be bored and disappointed. P.T. Andersons movies are best suited for the arthouse movie lovers. For those who love to be puzzled and confused. For those who like to use their brain while watching a movie. (Subtleties of self inflicted pain and other twisted hate-love manipulations wont be understood by the masses ). For anyone else I just have one advice: I highly recommend it for those with patience, because the first half of this story is rather bland, but that is only the introduction to a mesmirizing second half of this movie. With a grande finale to follow!I will wanna see anything this genius director P.T. Anderson creates, because for many years he has enchanted me, thrilled me, confused and empowered me with feelings I didnt think were possible by "just" watching a movie. But there you have it, P.T. Andersons movies are NOT "just" movies. They are cinematic masterpieces. It is almost superfluous to state the following, but the photography, editing and soundtrack are heavenly, as always. The ending is truly heavenly. I dont have any other words for it. Mind you, I am not at all a romantic person, but this movie mesmirized me romantically with its dark beauty. I now can understand why this masterpiece has earned 50 movie awards worldwide, but at first I had my doubts though about this latest story in "Phantom Thread". Beforehand I had only heard that it was about a tailor in England. I just couldnt imagine how anything remotely dramatic could be extracted from an ordinary story about a tailor. But stories by P.T. Anderson are NEVER what they seem to be at first sight. But even while watching it I could not surpress my anxiety that this movie might be the first one in his carreer that was rather bland, without any big drama. I was proven wrong ofcourse. Just like many Chinese cinematic masterpieces the climax in "Phantom Thread" is only to be found near the very end. And then it is overwhelming like ooohhhhh ....fireworks!It is interesting to know that Daniel Day Lewis choose to end his magnificent movie carreer with this latest work of P.T. Anderson. And what a terrific grand finale it has become! The story is about Daniel Day Lewis who plays an English high fashion tailor who dresses royalty from many countries. This tailor is the pinnacle of craftmanship. He only lives for his work though. Then he falls for a simple waitress whose looks are enchanting and mesmirizing. She becomes his model to present his dresses like a manequin. What follows I wont explain in detail, because this story is so subtle that any synopsis would easily misrepresent it. And it might also spoil the suspense. What I can tell you though is that "Phantom Thread" is all about the power struggle between lovers. How that enfolds in this story is the genius of P.T. Anderson. I thought he couldnt pull it off to make drama out of such a seeminly boring story about a tailor, but he achieved it anyway in ways I could have never imagined beforehand. How joyously overwhelmed I was by the surprising ending!Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the masters among modern american directors. Together with the Coen Brothers, these directors create cinematic experiences that are truly unique and mesmirizing. I almost cant believe if you have never heard of this director, but you are very lucky if you haven't, because there are several masterpieces waiting for you behind the curtains.Please check out P.T. Anderson's other classics, because this man is writing movie history as we speak..."Magnolia", starring Philip Seymour Hofmann, Tom Cruise and Philip Baker Hall."Punch Drunk Love" with Adam Sandler in a role you couldn't phantom."The Master" with Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.I would build an altar if I could, just to worship these Anderson movies, but I wont. I'll just watch them instead, and laud these classics with praise. You are one choice away of entering movie heaven when you decide to discover P.T. Anderson. It is never what it appears to be. It puzzles me. It estranges me. But finally an Anderson movie will always enlighten me and strike me in ways no one else can. You are about to experience this master at work for the very first time, if you choose to see it. Lucky you!

Janul73 Most dreadful and endlessly boring movie made in the last century.

Luis E. Pineda I went to see "Phantom Thread" with a little bit of expectations, the "last movie" of Daniel Day-Lewis and another one from Paul Thomas Anderson, of who I haven't seen yet his entire filmography, it looked promising and it didn't disappoint me. The film is one of the most beautiful I saw from 2017 and also from many recent years, this word (beautiful) simplifies a very complex and well done film, and maybe many people won't think as me because of the plot and that's something I can understand but in my opinion is all the little and big components of the film which make it a brilliant piece of art.Let's begin with the big components, first: Daniel Day-Lewis. What can I say? He is one of the best actors in the world and maybe in the history of cinema, and he proof this in every second of this film, literally, in every second. Since the firsts scenes he appears you can see the enormous category he has, takes when we only are watching him combing his hair, shaving, dressing and polishing his shoes. Then his performance only improves and improves, portraying a very deep and complicated character. Sometimes charming, sometimes rude... A very complete performance. His co-protagonists don't stay far, principally Lesley Manville (who plays Cyril), his performance as a strong woman that even controls Reynolds is incredible, she's practically the leader between the Woodcock's siblings. Vicky Krieps performance is also good, Alma has also many faces, sometimes fragile and dependent, and then the opposite, strong and independent with non necessity of Reynolds.And we see all this special characters accompanied with Jonny Greenwood's music, wonderful and beautiful, maybe the best soundtrack in a movie from 2017. The piano represents all the beauty and horror in the film. And other aspects that for me are very well done are the photography (that is supposedly made by the same Paul Thomas Anderson) and the costume design (in charge of Mark Bridges) which are incredible in every part of the film.If someone, apart of Daniel Day-Lewis, has to take all the applause is, obviously, the director: Paul Thomas Anderson. Wonderful director and writer, the script of this film is what make it so incredible, the characters and the plot, and then there's how he takes all this to the cinematographic language. The takes, the composition of the takes is terrific, how he puts the camera makes him one of the best director of our times. There is three takes I want to highlight, because I think proof what I say; the first one is when occurs the "parade" with the presentation of some dresses in the house of Woodcock, the "camera in hand" when Alma goes out is beautiful made, with a great harmony and, accompanied with the music, you can feel the tension that Reynolds feels. The second is a long take, no cuts, when Cyril goes to see the work that the ladies are doing with the dress (after Reynolds falls, ruining it) we have a long take of Cyril walking around the table, stopping when she started, with Alma behind. This long take is beautiful, it is soft and quiet and has a great illumination. Last, is the take when Reynolds is recover and goes to see Alma in the couch, the camera frame shows Alma, Reynolds and the dress (that it's finish), the camera moves toward Reynolds and Alma, leaving the dress while Reynolds proposes marriage to Alma, then there's only they, we don't see the dress.For end this review, of this wonderful movie, I think this is the perfect goodbye (if it is) for Daniel Day-Lewis, a career of successful that we won't forget. And is also perfect for Paul Thomas Anderson, consolidating himself as a master of directing, and I hope one day everyone recognize this.

kevin c Beautiful film, that captivated me in the first hour. However just as Woodcock tires of his muse, i tired of this in the second half.Lesley Manville is great (she always is), but for me the revelation is Vicky Krieps. Yet she received no Oscar nomination?Beautiful Jonny Greenwood score though.