In Phantom Thread, Daniel Day-Lewis plays an internationally known fashion designer, Reynolds Woodcock, who dresses the elite in the 1950s setting of this film. He's very persnickety and rather abusive to his underlings at times. His sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) is in charge of all the pesky details that make the House of Woodcock run smoothly...until...Reynolds meets Alma (Vicky Krieps). She becomes his muse and eventual wife...then things get interesting, and not in a good way.. I loved the fashion and the acting was great, but the movie takes you down a winding path and drops you off at weird. Meh.
Now that I've seen All the Money in the World, I wonder why they ever cast Kevin Spacey as J. Paul Getty. He's a good actor, one of the best, but Christopher Plummer was excellent in this role. The film is based on the true story about the 1973 kidnapping of J. Paul Getty, III and the subsequent machinations to secure the ransom money and ensure the safe return of Paul to his family. Michelle Williams, Mark Walberg and Charlie Plummer also star. It was good.
Alicia Vikander is such a good actress. In Tulip Fever, set in the 1600s, she plays a wealthy woman who falls in love with the painter (Dane DeHaan) her husband (Christoph Waltz) commissions to paint their portrait. The lovers set out to strike it rich in the tulip market in order to fund their future. The story was good, although I found myself getting restless with some of the plot points along the way. The acting was very good. I liked it.
MK out.
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