Review of Phantom Thread (2017) by Anne W — 30 Jan 2018

I gotta' admit; the trailers for this movie do the film an incredible disservice. Not so much in that they leave out one of the film's biggest surprises -- no, that's actually one of the only good things that the trailers do -- but insomuch that they presented Paul Thomas Anderson's "Phantom Thread" as a stodgy, awkward, and out-of-touch slog through a world I couldn't care any less about.

But, again -- I repeat -- the trailers really undersell this thing. Because, in actuality, "Phantom Thread" is a mesmerizingly well acted and framed study in subtextually pregnant subtlety, featuring some devilishly unexpected twists and turns along the way.

Definitely one of this awards season's biggest surprises for me and easily Anderson's best since "There Will Be Blood.".