8.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.7
Overview
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
Starring Cast
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Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Negative
Overview
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's dominant themes align with progressive values by offering a bleak, character-driven critique of the destructive forces of unchecked capitalist ambition, exploitation, and religious opportunism, leading to moral decay and isolation.
The film features a predominantly traditional cast, consistent with its early 20th-century setting, and does not engage in explicit race or gender swaps. Its narrative primarily explores themes of ambition, greed, and moral decay through its central characters, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities from a DEI perspective.
Secondary
The film portrays Christianity, specifically through Eli Sunday's Church of the Third Revelation, as a vehicle for manipulation, greed, and hypocrisy. Eli exploits his congregation and uses faith for personal gain, with the narrative offering no significant counterbalancing positive portrayal of the religion itself.
There Will Be Blood does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the ruthless ambition of oilman Daniel Plainview and his relationships with his adopted son and a charismatic preacher, without incorporating elements related to queer identity or experiences.
The film "There Will Be Blood" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on early 20th-century oil exploration, greed, and religious conflict, with no elements related to transgender identity or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is an adaptation of Upton Sinclair's novel "Oil!". All major characters, including Daniel Plainview, H.W. Plainview, and Eli Sunday, maintain their established genders from the source material. There are no instances of characters being portrayed as a different gender than their canonical depiction.
The film's characters, including Daniel Plainview and the Sunday brothers, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their depiction in the source novel "Oil!" and the historical context. There are no instances where a character canonically or historically established as one race is portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.2
8.1
Critic Ratings
9.1
9.3
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