This is nose-to-the-grindstone investigative work in an analog world—think rotary phones, electric typewriters, handwritten notes on legal pads, red-pen edits and Xerox copiers—and a master class in making movie dialogue absolutely riveting.
The season is now heading into post-production, which is great news for the release date predictions.
Most wonderfully, this comedy best celebrates the rule of wit: He—or, more often, she—with the sharpest tongue wins.
Daniel Plainview is, in the final analysis, an ultra-scary Daniel Day-Lewis who will drink your milkshake.