One Battle After Another
13 Oscar Nominations
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Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.
What critics thought
Paul Thomas Anderson's sprawling father-daughter action epic drew near-universal acclaim for its propulsive energy, rich thematic ambition, and a trio of career-high performances from DiCaprio, Penn, and newcomer Chase Infiniti — though a handful of dissenters argued its politics were shallow and its plotting unfocused, and right-wing commentators dismissed the film's enthusiastic reception as ideologically driven rather than artistic.
“taps into the fierce urgency of now; it gives you a chill that's also a wake-up call”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“Penn, giving a brilliant performance of cold villainy that could win him a third Oscar, is unafraid of lancing the inherent goofiness of a fascist. DiCaprio plays Bob as a sweetheart rather than a buffoon; he's a tired, strung-out antihero made weary not by his yearslong efforts to fight back but by the relentlessness of the world.”
David Sims·The Atlantic
“big and brash. Rangy in tone, style and theme, it has so much going on that a single viewing hardly seems sufficient to absorb it all. Whether it's a masterpiece or a hodgepodge will be a matter of some discussion; the reach is evident but the grasp is a little shaky”
Kyle Smith·The Wall Street Journal
“more interested in taking cheap potshots at the film's real-world analogues than actually exploring them”
William Bibbiani·TheWrap
“a carnivalesque epic about good and evil, violence and power, inalienable rights and the fight against injustice; it's also a love story. The film speaks to the failures of the past and of the present but insists on the promise of the future”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama
Cast & Crew
DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson
StarringLeonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall
ComposerJonny Greenwood
One Battle After Another
13 Oscar Nominations
Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.
What critics thought
Paul Thomas Anderson's sprawling father-daughter action epic drew near-universal acclaim for its propulsive energy, rich thematic ambition, and a trio of career-high performances from DiCaprio, Penn, and newcomer Chase Infiniti — though a handful of dissenters argued its politics were shallow and its plotting unfocused, and right-wing commentators dismissed the film's enthusiastic reception as ideologically driven rather than artistic.
“taps into the fierce urgency of now; it gives you a chill that's also a wake-up call”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“Penn, giving a brilliant performance of cold villainy that could win him a third Oscar, is unafraid of lancing the inherent goofiness of a fascist. DiCaprio plays Bob as a sweetheart rather than a buffoon; he's a tired, strung-out antihero made weary not by his yearslong efforts to fight back but by the relentlessness of the world.”
David Sims·The Atlantic
“big and brash. Rangy in tone, style and theme, it has so much going on that a single viewing hardly seems sufficient to absorb it all. Whether it's a masterpiece or a hodgepodge will be a matter of some discussion; the reach is evident but the grasp is a little shaky”
Kyle Smith·The Wall Street Journal
“more interested in taking cheap potshots at the film's real-world analogues than actually exploring them”
William Bibbiani·TheWrap
“a carnivalesque epic about good and evil, violence and power, inalienable rights and the fight against injustice; it's also a love story. The film speaks to the failures of the past and of the present but insists on the promise of the future”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama
Cast & Crew
DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson
StarringLeonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall
ComposerJonny Greenwood
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