OK, don't get me wrong. Daniel Day Lewis is excellent and Paul Thomas Anderson is a great director. I love Boogie Nights which is one of my all time favorite movies, I liked Magnolia a lot, The Master was great, Inherent Vice was very good, hell even Punch Drunk Love I liked. But this is such a drop in the bucket. The whole time you're just waiting and waiting for something to happen, and on top of that, there is no payoff. I watched this a second time to see what I was missing, and I had the same thoughts. The whole thing was pretty much pointless. I will give this a few things though, Daniel Day Lewis is fantastic, the film looks beautiful, and the concept is pretty interesting. But the movie itself is not. If you want to see a better movie that came out the same year, watch No Country for Old Men. If you want to watch a better PTA film, watch Boogie Nights. If it weren't for the good things I mentioned before, I would dislike this movie WAY more!