The film shows the struggles and moral issues brought up when creating and maintaining a successful corporation/company. It also shows how the stresses of setting up a large business can twist and turn someone into a monster (or a bigger one, depending on your impression of the protagonist). The role and power of religious leaders is also discussed. Pretty much, the film is a criticism of what relatively unregulated capitalism can, but not necessarily, bring, as well as what delusions of power can do to a person (specifically, financial and religious power). There does happen to be a bit of drinking and some violence within the movie, as well as tobacco use. Staunch conservatives and capitalists would also want to avoid this movie due to it's plot and themes, seeing it's based on the work of a socialist.

This film is very slow but really has not enough violence really to make it R.There are only 4 deaths and 2 of which are accidents and accidents happen.This didn't send a good message but not really a bad one either.

Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia) directs this epic American movie about a man named Daniel Plainview, played by Daniel Day Lewis in probably the greatest acting performance ever given. Plainview is an oil man who goes out to seek land to buy, and to drill on. He is told about land that has oil. So he goes out to the land and thats when he meets Eli, played by Paul Dano. Right when he meets Eli thats when the mental battle begins. There Will Be Blood is a great movie about greed, religion, vengence, and alchoholism. There Will Be Greed. There Will Be Vengence. There Will Be Blood. P.S. I... Drink... Your... MILKSHAKE!!! SLURP! I DRINK IT UP!!!

I guess with this type of movie I was hoping for a little more than what was given. The story line wasn't that great I thought, unless that was part of the depiction the director was going for. I felt as if I wasted my time going to watch this movie. Maybe you might enjoy it?

This is possibly the greatest film I have ever had the honor of seeing. I seriously thought I had been floored by No Country for Old Men, Once, and Requiem for a Dream, but after seeing this, I am not so sure. There is simply no other way to describe this movie but as a wholly American epic. That, and this WAS literally, a perfect movie. There is not one thing I can find fault with in this film, except for some slightly unconvincing aging effects-- which amount to no fault at all. If I were to try and explain how epic and brilliant this movie is-- which is an incredible feat without going on and on-- I would have no qualm at all declaring There Will Be Blood this generation's The Godfather. And as much as I could very easily continue forever about this movie, I want to cover the content wrap up. So as for content, a Red for violence, in my opinion, is completely unwarranted. There was very little violence throughout the entire movie, and only one brief scene at the end even comes close to R-rated material. There was very little language in the whole film-- I'm not sure there were even ten cuss words uttered the entire time (none of which were serious: maybe three or so ***damns, and one *ss. There was an instance of multiple uses of b*stard, but they were used contextually, and not as a slur.) But simply the maturity and intelligence level required for this movie alone completely warrants an R rating, because you just could not show a thirteen year old this film and expect them to understand everything in it. If a film could be rated R for thematic material, this would be that film. But as it is, there was that brief scene which allowed the MPAA enough solid reason to rate it R, but is by no means anything gratuitous or graphic. If you have even thought about seeing this film, or you have a teenager who wishes to see it and you know they are mature enough to understand all of it-- do not hesitate a second. See this film before you regret it. It will be an absolute travesty if this or No Country does not win Best Picture.