Review of The New World (2005) by Billie R — 26 May 2009

Well made, decent acting, utterly boring!

This review of The New World (2005) was written by Billie R on 26 May 2009.

The New World has generally received positive reviews.

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By Miguel R (812) on 13 Jul 2015

The film is probably not one of the best directed by Terrence Malick there is annoying narration throughout the entire film, and it just goes…

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Quite a long film which, to me, seemed to have a lot of flaws and load of things which you sit and say to yourself That didn't happen…

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