Phantom Thread

Set in the glamour of 1950s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love. With his latest film, Paul Thomas Anderson paints an illuminating portrait both of an artist on a creative journey, and the women who keep his world running. 

This is another one of those movies that you know you are watching film making and acting excellence but unless you are really into artsy movies like this - it is the biggest snooze fest that you could possibly see.  I fall into that latter category.  I only saw this because of Daniel Day Lewis (who was really, really great as always) and the fact that it was the only movie nominated for Best Picture I had not seen.  It was boring as hell and I took a nap for a middle chunk of it.  The artsy peeps in the audience seem to love it though so take that for what you will.

I would not recommend anyone outside of extremely artsy film making fans seeing this.  There is no way you will not be bored otherwise.