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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 12 Jan 2018

If this is indeed the end for Day Lewis, it is a fitting final bow. It's a treat to watch him drink your milkshake one last time…

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By Tom Meek (408) for Cambridge Day (227) on 12 Jan 2018

The synergy between the three is so uncanny and genuine that you wonder if they weren't brainwashed and shoehorned into their roles - forever…

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By Robert Horton (590) for Seattle Weekly (293) on 12 Jan 2018

I found its 130 minutes spellbinding and mind-bending…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for The Seattle Times (964) on 11 Jan 2018

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread casts a remarkable spell; it wraps around you, like a delicately scented cashmere shawl woven from…

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By Calvin Wilson (480) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 11 Jan 2018

Acting opposite Day-Lewis must give even the most confident actor pause, but Krieps proves to be up to the challenge…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 11 Jan 2018

Absurdly pleasurable to watch and to listen to, an effortless display of poise from its camerawork and costumes to the characters and the things…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 11 Jan 2018

If you’re making a movie about someone with exacting standards, Day-Lewis is your man…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 11 Jan 2018

The movie feels both expansive and confining, depending on the story chapter…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 11 Jan 2018

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread is a cockeyed love story that starts as weirdly as it ends…

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By Bob Bloom (1,124) for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1,017) on 11 Jan 2018

Anderson, though, fails to answer a primary question: What is Alma's fascination with Woodcock…

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By Jeffrey Edalatpour (80) for SF Weekly (560) on 11 Jan 2018

Reynolds and his sister may be wearing luxurious tweeds, wools, and satins, but as characters they're as stiff and soulless as hulls made from…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 11 Jan 2018

[W]e're constantly learning about these characters ... [and] repeatedly surprised by the depth with which Anderson imbues them…

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By André Hereford (101) for Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (190) on 11 Jan 2018

Phantom Thread is extremely well made - it's a rich confection, salty and sweet - but it has an ending many will outright despise…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 11 Jan 2018

A strangely cerebral, lovingly fashioned but slightly trashy study of emotional gamesmanship that invites respect for its chilly craftsmanship…

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By Caryn James (352) for BBC.com (1,500) on 11 Jan 2018

Visually sumptuous though it is, this is a brilliantly nuanced, psychologically complex story about obsession, love, control and surrender,…

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By Noah Gittell (113) for Washington City Paper (500) on 11 Jan 2018

There are no contemporary cinematic guideposts for Phantom Thread; it is moved only by Anderson's peculiar vision…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 11 Jan 2018

It's probably necessary to see Phantom Thread more than once to fully savor the tang of its malice, erotic attraction and excruciating good taste…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 11 Jan 2018

This perverse adult drama examines the give-and-take of marriage through a very specific microscope, Cyril haunting the relationship like Rebecca's…

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By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 10 Jan 2018

What sets Phantom Thread apart is that it isn’t an apologia, or an exorcism. It’s a Valentine. The heart, after all, is our strongest muscle…

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By Alistair Ryder (351) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 10 Jan 2018

Phantom Thread is so thematically and performatively dense while maintaining a comedic lightness of touch, that it is one of Anderson's greatest…

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