Paul Thomas Anderson’s richly evocative period drama about a charismatic L. Ron Hubbard-esque writer and his quasi-barbaric sidekick is shot like a dream and has acting pyrotechnics to spare, but lacks some of the director’s characteristically thunderous panache.
Distributor: WEINSTEIN CO. Running Time: 136 mins. Color: Color Production: A Weinstein Company presentation of a Joanne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Co./Annapurna Pictures production. Genre: Drama Film Width: 1.85, Large Format Sound: Datasat Digital, Dolby Digital (AC-3)