As an avid follower of the IMDb top 250, I must vote this a 3 just to try to bring this film back to where it belongs - certainly not in the top 25. It probably was more of a 6, but the marks it has been getting have been a bit too generous. It was meandering and boring and in the end told us nothing except what we already knew it was about-a greedy man looking for oil at any cost. The acting was okay but DDL was much better in Gangs of NY.

Are you really going to tell me that TWBB is better than Psycho, Dr. Strangelove, Citizen Kane, Silence of the Lambs, Fight Club, the next 5 movies right behind it. Please! Lately the voters on IMDb's top 250 have been giving high marks to films that just don't measure up. Juno, Little Miss Sunshine and Hot Fuzz, for example, were all average at best.

I really loved Boogie Nights and Magnolia, but this is not PT Anderson's best. Movies still have to be entertaining and this one was not.