Review of The New World (2005) by Scott Foundas for L.A. Weekly — 07 Jul 2014
Well before The New World's two-and-one-half hours are up, Malick's tree-hugging reveries have become suffocating, no matter the unquestionable tastefulness with which they're rendered -- more painterly vistas, more Wagner (and a little Mozart, too), ravishing re-creations of 17th-century London.
Surely, only a Philistine could find any fault with this, or believe, perchance, that Malick's famous poetic beauty had turned poetically fatal.
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This review of The New World (2005) was written by Scott Foundas and published by L.A. Weekly on 07 Jul 2014.
The New World has generally received positive reviews.
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