Despite praising the Oscar-winning film from Paul Thomas Anderson, which stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Tarantino launched into a lengthy explanation of why it didn’t place higher on his list — criticizing Dano’s performance at length, calling him the movie’s “big, giant flaw.”

Earlier this week, Quentin Tarantino went on the attack, striking, with his most powerful weapons—his very large mouth, and the powerfully nasal voice that lurks within it—at society’s biggest active ...

In response, Matt Reeves, director of The Batman, defended Dano publicly on X, writing, “Paul Dano is an incredible actor, and an incredible person.”