Review of Phantom Thread (2017) by Viniciusbrito — 08 Mar 2018

Reynolds Woodcock is a reputed stylist that makes dresses for some selected people, that pay and deserves it. He put his life at the job and considers it the most important thing. Meeting with Alma, he sees a perfect help for his work and also a lover, that will accompany him during his life.

The main character have some several points of nuisance, he struggles with any sound that people do while he is working, if someone bother him during the breakfest his full day is over, like a kid. Alma is a dubious character, she enters a different world, confronting Reynolds a lot of times. Cyril, Reyondolds sister, have a strong character that never raise your voice and still is so big in dominance and authority. DDL and Leslie did a phenomenal job, you can't even see the actor in their, they are just incredibly good. Vicky Krieps did an ok job, I though that in some times, mainly when she was acting together with DDL, she could have deliever a bit more.

Sincerely I got bored after the half of the movie sometimes, it just wasn't that interesting, very repetitive and slow, wich usually isn't a problem, but 1st layer of the story didin't attract me a lot. A melancholic drama, perfect dialogs and executions, spiritual reflections and also a romance, ego and adaptation. Showing how the vulnerability changes the people, and can make them different, and for other hand, what a people would do for love, and also what would accept and pass through to get his best, to get his "Alma" (Soul).

Hiding things in the seam, those are the phantoms, to avoid the curse by superstition perhaps.

The Score got me, I could feel the ambience and felt that I was there, that piano and classic sounds, seductive and suspenseful. The sound effects are very well made and have a important part in the story.