Vicky Krieps - Phantom Thread [264 points / 23 votes]
"Where’d she come from? Literally, from Luxembourg. But the question is asking a bit more than that. Did Vicky Krieps emerge parthenogenically from the forehead of some deity, ready to intervene and teach the people of earth about transformative love and how to establish new and unforeseen kinks that span forests of portent, exquisite kitchens, and remote sickrooms? How did fate bring her to the attention of Paul Thomas Anderson? And how did she craft the internal life of this singular woman?
"Alma is kind, exacting, mysterious, and fearless- she’s in a multilevel battle with routine fussbudget Reynolds Woodcock to win his heart, put the corrosive aspects of his ego in abeyance, nurture his creative side, and put him in check when he’s being too much of an asshole to too many people. And she dies this with elegance and tact. As stunning as Day-Lewis is in the film, look around him in the scenes wherein Krieps’ Alma and Lesley Manville’s Cyril are interacting with one another. There’s an entire other film in those moments, and it’s just as captivating as the ultimate chapter in the 2017 Mystery Mushroom Trilogy that Phantom Thread completes.
"I look forward to the career that Vicky Krieps has in acting. I can’t wait to see what she does for decades to come. And I am in awe that she made an entrance into the artform with a performance as complex, moving, and exquisite as Alma. There’s not a word for it, really. Blindsided, but without the pejorative connotation. Something sudden and wonderful and transformative..." ~ Jason Shawhan
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