Review of The New World (2005) by Tanya K — 30 Mar 2010

Visual storytelling at its finest, this film caters to a thinking audience. Feelings are emoted through breathtaking imagery teeming with metaphor, music and a very original use of voiceovers. Malick plays to a viewer's heart rather than their head, invoking emotions at an instinctive level which, many may argue, leave a stronger and more intense impression.

One must not watch this to see what happens at the end, but rather to savour, and get lost in, moments in the film.