United Kingdom, Dec. 3 -- Quentin Tarantino has branded Paul Dano "a weak sister".

The Pulp Fiction filmmaker named Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 drama There Will Be Blood as his fifth-favourite movie of the 21st century and admitted it would have been higher in the list if he hadn't been so unimpressed by the actor's performance alongside Daniel Day-Lewis.

Speaking on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, he said: "There Will Be Blood would stand a better chance to be in number one or number two if it didn't have a big giant flaw in it, and the flaw is Paul Dano.

"Obviously, it's supposed to be a two-hander, and it's also so drastically obvious that it's not a two-hander.

"He is weak sauce, man. He's a weak sister."

Tarantino believes "anoth...