Review of Song to Song (2017) by Moviemitch96 — 25 Mar 2017

As a longtime Terrence Malick admirer, I was eager to check this film out, despite my notable disappointment with last year's "Knight of Cups". However, despite the polarized reception that this film has received, much like "Knight of Cups" did, I actually found this to be slightly more watchable and profound than expected.

Emmanuel Lubezki's cinematography is as gorgeous as ever in the film and helps carry along what little narrative the film has to offer, not unlike many of Malick's recent previous efforts. I will say however that there was a bit more narrative to be found in this film than there was in "Knight of Cups", so that was a plus.

The visual poetry definitely went a long way for me in this film, much like it did in his previous recent films. However, unfortunately, much like in "Knight of Cups" and even "To the Wonder", the A-list cast consisting of Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, etc.

always seemed lost and lacked a sense of direction or anything coherent for them or their characters to work with. Overall, it may or may not win back certain admirers of Malick, and it certainly won't win over those who aren't familiar with him or his style at all, but for me at least, it had a few more interesting things to say than some of his recent previous efforts did.