Review of Phantom Thread (2017) by Arth J — 07 Feb 2018

And I am getting hungry..

Phantom Thread.

Even though the plot has nothing out-of-the-box to offer and even though all the characters seem familiar and even though if you have seen a similar feature of this premise, it always is worth to see the world through Paul's eyes. Phantom Thread has far better editing than 'There Will Be Blood' resulting into no faults on execution and just like a slow timer the movie even though being longer than 2 hours, reaches comfortably to its climax and still being wanted more of it by the audience. Daniel makes you fall in love with a character that is utterly rude and obnoxiously self obsessed; need I say more on him, and he is supported well by Leslie and by Vicky who surprisingly has a parallel role. Paul; as mentioned earlier doesn't take any chance on execution, but what's appreciative here is his writing skills for even though being restrained in a not-so-wide and popular genre, he goes bold and stands on his ground till the last page. Phantom Thread screeches onto one's fragile heart to its vulnerability and failure that ironically defines obscured and irrelevant hope allowing audience to shift seats on a definite answer which is its core beauty.