Phantom Thread

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Phantom Thread

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2018

2h 10m

Drama

Romance

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Renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of British fashion in 1950s London -- dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites and debutantes. Women come and go in Woodcock's life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship. His carefully tailored existence soon gets disrupted by Alma, a young and strong-willed woman who becomes his muse and lover.

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Critics Consensus

Phantom Thread's finely woven narrative is filled out nicely by humor, intoxicating romantic tension, and yet another impressively committed performance from Daniel Day-Lewis.

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Brandon Taylor

The New Yorker

03/27/2023

A simple thing, a robe, and yet it captures so much of what it feels like to have passed so close to disaster...

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

03/10/2020

Anderson has trouble coaxing this struggle to any sort of emotional climax; its fanciful, symbolic ending is the sort critics will praise for its careful ambiguity even as they overlook its narrative desperation.

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J. Hoberman

The New York Review of Books

03/07/2019

Anderson makes movies that may refuse to explain themselves but nevertheless manage to engage the viewer, in part because he tends to cut from confined spaces to open ones as if inviting us to enter them.

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Benjamín Harguindey

EscribiendoCine

Dec 24

9/10

The trio of central actors is impeccable, magnetic, and completely in command of their characters, who complement each other in unexpected ways. [Full review in Spanish]

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jul 23

5/5

"Phantom Thread" is a exquisite film of elevated aesthetics that drape over a scintillating story of tumultuous potential discord.

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Hayley Croke

Loud and Clear Reviews

10/25/2024

4.5/5

A beautifully crafted, incredibly intentional film that doesn’t waste a single frame. The performances from Krieps and Day-Lewis will make you feel like you are watching a ceremonious dance performed by two highly seasoned veterans of the arts.

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Enrique

Sep 12

AHHHH PHANTOM THREAD 🗣️🗣️🗣️

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Charles K

12/28/2024

Celluloid perfection!

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jimena

10/27/2024

One of my favorite movies ever

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Greg D

3d

This is maybe a love story, but it's not a romance. Most critic reviews don't seem to have followed the story that was being told. Reynolds is not sexually interested in women. There are so many signs about this that missing it is inexcusable. He is a kind of fastidious control freak who grates on those around him with his penchant for putting his needs over theirs at all times. What he thinks he needs is control. What he really needs is another mother and a return to the feeling of helplessness and infinite care that he remembers from his childhood. She cares for him, he dresses her in beautiful clothes. None of his muses until "Alma" (maybe her full name could have been "Alma Mater," for the critics in the cheap seats) are patient enough to coexist with him. Alma succeeds not because her patience is self-abnegation, but power. She can outlast a tantrum and can reduce a willful child to a state of total need. As I said, it's a love story, but not really a romance.

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Aye E

Jan 22

Just don't why this was made. It was unpleasant and unsatisfying. The only thing I like about it is the title.

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Rob A.

@robo55 Dec 29

Intense character study of a passionate, successful, narcissistic and perfectionist craftsman and his struggles in relationships and the challenges of those that try to love him. Gripping drama mixed with at times excruciatingly slow, plodding story telling.

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Synopsis

Renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of British fashion in 1950s London -- dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites and debutantes. Women come and go in Woodcock's life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship. His carefully tailored existence soon gets disrupted by Alma, a young and strong-willed woman who becomes his muse and lover.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Producer: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison, Daniel Lupi
Screenwriter: Paul Thomas Anderson
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Ghoulardi Film Company, Perfect World Pictures, Annapurna Pictures
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 19, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 15, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $20.9M
Runtime: 2h 10m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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