re: Does Daniel Day Lewis Overact?

quote:

---

Phantom thread did nothing for me at all..

---

That’s because his character required subtlety and nuance, things which are not strong aspects of DDL’s repertoire.

Christian Bale, Tom Hanks, Jake Gyllenhaal can all do it.

Can you imagine how many screaming soliloquies DDL would have done as Louis Bloom? His voice rising to a bellowing scourge with arms flailing.

Jake makes you feel everything you should about the character...menace, cunning, mystery, ambition, anticipation, motivation, depraved indifference...with a deft touch.