Some pretty hyperbolic things are being said about One Battle After Another, the tenth and latest film from director Paul Thomas Anderson, who is beloved by critics but perhaps less revered by general audiences. Anderson has struggled to fill theaters the way contemporaries like Christopher Nolan or Quentin Tarantino do, and he has yet to win an Oscar. As such, people might be tempted to take the effusive praise One Battle After Another is receiving with a grain of salt. Sure, it has a 98% Rotten Tomatoes score and has been all but anointed the film of our time, and sure, directors like Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese are gushing about it. To the average moviegoer, that doesn't mean it's any different or better than Anderson's previous so-called masterpieces, right?

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