Phantom Thread
Academy Award × 1
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In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.
What critics thought
Phantom Thread arrived to near-universal critical enthusiasm, with reviewers singling out Daniel Day-Lewis's performance, Jonny Greenwood's score, and Paul Thomas Anderson's precise, unhurried filmmaking as career-high work. The film has only grown in stature since release, landing on multiple definitive 21st-century lists — though at least one thoughtful dissent found the narrative too meandering to fully deliver on its ambitions.
“in the simple, refined timelessness of its technique, Phantom Thread is practically a love letter to classic aesthetic values—cinematic, sartorial, or otherwise”
A.A. Dowd·The A.V. Club
“too wandering and awkward to be a masterpiece, but one of its virtues is that we don't quite know what has happened, either in the story or to us, and we go on wanting to know.”
Michael Wood·London Review of Books
“one of Paul Thomas Anderson's absolute best”
Christy Lemire·Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Genres
Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson
StarringDaniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville, Camilla Rutherford, Gina McKee
ComposerJonny Greenwood
Phantom Thread
Academy Award × 1
In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.
What critics thought
Phantom Thread arrived to near-universal critical enthusiasm, with reviewers singling out Daniel Day-Lewis's performance, Jonny Greenwood's score, and Paul Thomas Anderson's precise, unhurried filmmaking as career-high work. The film has only grown in stature since release, landing on multiple definitive 21st-century lists — though at least one thoughtful dissent found the narrative too meandering to fully deliver on its ambitions.
“in the simple, refined timelessness of its technique, Phantom Thread is practically a love letter to classic aesthetic values—cinematic, sartorial, or otherwise”
A.A. Dowd·The A.V. Club
“too wandering and awkward to be a masterpiece, but one of its virtues is that we don't quite know what has happened, either in the story or to us, and we go on wanting to know.”
Michael Wood·London Review of Books
“one of Paul Thomas Anderson's absolute best”
Christy Lemire·Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Genres
Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson
StarringDaniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville, Camilla Rutherford, Gina McKee
ComposerJonny Greenwood
Rent/Purchase