There Will Be Blood (2007)

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Synopsis

Drama. Based on the novel “Oil” by Upton Sinclair. An early 20th Century oil prospector (Daniel Day-Lewis) comes across the potential opportunity of a lifetime and has to contend with the local community, and in particular a charismatic preacher (Paul Dano), who sit on top of the land.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of cursing and profanity
• Infrequent gun, weapons and hand-to-hand violence—some blood and detail
• Portrayal of industrial accidents—some blood
• Infrequent portrayals of corpses—some detail

Thematic elements

• Moral relativism and greed
• The illusion of control
• The disparity between appearance and reality
• The urge towards self-destruction

Classification rationale

Rated PG for violence and thematic material.

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