Phantom Thread (2017)

I'll keep it short, to compensate... "Phantom Thread" is a slow movie that appears long (although if we count the minutes it's not really). The problem is that the development is too thin to fill two hours. Daniel Day-Lewis gives a last performance (the guy's retiring, if it's not some sort of marketing strategy) as a London based fashion designer during the '50s, who finds his muse, a model and future wife in a simple waitress. The movie's built mostly from details, long static shots, slow dialogues, and tension. Actually, I think that Paul Thomas Anderson is probably the best writer/director at the moment when it comes to creating tension in dialogues (way beyond Tarantino). What's here resembles much "There Will Be Blood", especially in respect to this, but it's not the same thing. The exceptional performance of the title role is comparable, but it's lacking content. And the so called final twist, which you don't know if to take as "happy" or "sick" doesn't really compensate. I guess it's still making the movie a "better" Valentine's day option than 50 Shades of Whatever (irony included).

Rating: 3 out of 5 (probably deserves more, but I'm subjective)