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Kelly and I saw it for the first time the other night as well. I loved it, she didn't. Agreed about the score, it is really eclectic (a better word for "all over the place" in terms of genre) -- classical here, electronica there -- just to build tension in otherwise tranquil scenes.
Re: acting, having read Sinclair's "The Jungle" but not "Oil" upon which this movie was based, I'd say a lot of that over-the-top business has a lot to do with Upton Sinclair's writing style and the style of his time, and I get the impression that the screenwriters wanted to preserve a lot of that in adapting this work to film. The part that goes "I drink your milkshake" is based on a real speech (see the trivia notes on IMDB).
I can't find the words to explain why, but I loved this movie... maybe it was DDL's performance... I gave it a thumb up. Kelly only gave it a finger.
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