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Description: • Phantom Thread - Detrimentally artsy film with unlikable characters, 4/10. WATCH full episodes of "Movie Night" -- bit.ly/JogJPMN READ my un-filmed reviews / scripts: bit.ly/JPMNNotFilmed FOLLOW me on Letterboxd to see what I'm watching / rating: bit.ly/JonLetterboxd ~ Movie Night ~ Your host, and film critic Jonathan Paula reviews everything from opening day releases, recent DVDs, upcoming trailers, and classics from years past. Each "Quick Review" is an excerpt from a full episode, which airs on the Jogwheel channel every week. ~ Watch More Reviews ~ Browse By Year ----- bit.ly/MNYear Browse By Rating --- bit.ly/MNRating Trailer Reviews ------- bit.ly/MNTrailers ~ Other Channels ~ Jogwheel (Main channel) --- bit.ly/Jogwheel Jon's World (2nd channel) -- bit.ly/JonWorld The Microwave Show --------- bit.ly/TMSArchive Twitch ------------------------------ bit.ly/JonTwitch ~ Social Media & Merch ~ Twitter ---------------------------- bit.ly/JonTW Facebook ----------------------- bit.ly/JonFBFan Instagram ----------------------- bit.ly/JonInsta Patreon -------------------------- bit.ly/JonPatreon Letterboxd ---------------------- bit.ly/JonLetterboxd T-Shirts -------------------------- bit.ly/JogStore ~ Credits ~ Created by ------ Jonathan Paula Camera ---------- Panasonic HMC-150 Microphone ----- Sennheiser ME 66 Software --------- Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015 Computer ------- bit.ly/JonPaulaPC • Jogwheel Productions © 2017 • ~ Script ~ Self-indulgent. Released on Christmas Day 2017, this romantic period drama written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson should end its box office run at about break-even with its $35 million dollar budget. In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker takes in young, strong-willed women as his muse and lover. Okay, I'm going to level with you - I did not care for this at all. While I try to approach every movie objectively, it's hard to do that when I'm watching the antithesis of everything I find enjoyable. A pretentious exercise in art for the sake of art; layered with so-called subtly and deliberately showy performances. Plus, the characters are irritable, the story unrewarding, and the pacing painfully slow. Everything about this R-rated production is in love with itself, much like its main character - played by three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis in what is supposedly his final film role. In a distinguished, but sparse career of transformative performances, this anal-retentive tailor honestly doesn't match up. Day-Lewis mostly just acts like a complete and utter asshole for the duration of the 130-minute picture. There's no redeeming qualities to his personality. No progression or arc to his stubborn attitudes. The character is only fascinating in how frustratingly rude he is. Opposite as his live-in girlfriend is Vicky Krieps... who does a fine job with the material, I guess? Similarly to DDL's character; I'm not actually certain we're supposed to be rooting for her. A character who willingly submits herself to verbal and behavioral abuse on a regular basis. And then there's Lesley Manville as the weirdly territorial sister, hovering over their relationship like a scored-ex. In the absence of a compelling narrative, the interplay between this trio is the only thing that keeps this picture somewhat watchable. Even if no one in this movie behaves like an actual human being. If you enjoy slow and moody "performance-driven" films (Jonny Greenwood's Oscar-nominated score is almost entirely piano), you'll undoubtedly have a better time than I did. But like most of PTA's catalog, I left more annoyed than captivated. "Phantom Thread" is a detrimentally artsy film with unlikable characters. I thought it was MEH. ~