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By Moira Sullivan (52) for FilmFestivals.com (20) on 25 May 2011

A young couple raises three boys in the 1950s…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 25 May 2011

Like its predecessors (Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line and The New World), Tree delivers truths that don't go down easy…

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By Andy Klein (675) for Brand X (72) on 24 May 2011

What keeps even the most trivial of Jack's memories from becoming boring is the remarkable way the film develops a sense of reality, situating…

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By Katey Rich (412) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 24 May 2011

Tree of Life is a gobsmacking experience that earns its grandness…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 24 May 2011

abstract, part dreamy childhood reverie and part gorgeously symphonic ode to the creation of the universe…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 24 May 2011

mourns mankind's awakening to original sin - in nature, in our families, in ourselves…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for New York Observer (1,400) on 24 May 2011

Content to make movies for himself (Malick) that nobody else wants to see as long as he can find someone to foot the bill, he's also an iconoclast…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 24 May 2011

Malick clings to the promise of grace: His vision of the afterlife is a dreamy beach, enhanced by an excellent playlist of fine classical music,…

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By Armond White (604) for New York Press (561) on 23 May 2011

Perched on a cliff of near self-parody, The Tree of Life dares to reveal Malick's idiosyncratic -- and humorless -- interest in existential…

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By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 23 May 2011

Ambitious and imperfect, stunning and overwhelming, profound and perplexing, Terrence Malick's mediation on human life and our place in the…

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By Anders Wotzke (182) for Moviedex (362) on 23 May 2011

Like an elephant parading on bubble wrap, The Tree of Life breaks new ground with every step…

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By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Village Voice (8,525) on 23 May 2011

Better than a masterpiece - whatever that is - The Tree of Life is an eruption of a movie, something to live with, think, and talk about afterward…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 23 May 2011

The film's images evoke feelings in the viewer, not all of which are impatience. But impatience does accrue - not so much What's the point…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Richard Roeper.com (322) on 22 May 2011

Tree of Life is a cinematic poem that will challenge your intellect, your faith and at times your patience…

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By David Gritten (155) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 22 May 2011

We were still discussing the film 45 minutes later, when the lobby had to be cleared. This is what Malick does…

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By Charlie Lyne (195) for Ultra Culture (187) on 22 May 2011

If you can suspend your cynicism and OPEN YOUR BLOODY HEART FOR A SECOND, YOU LIFELESS SHELL then The Tree of Life is truly a sight to behold…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 22 May 2011

Tucked away inside the grandeur, though, and enlivened by jump cuts, is a sharp, not unharrowing story of a father and son, and, amid one's…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 22 May 2011

After warming up with The Thin Red Line and The New World, Malick has succeeded in fully creating his own film syntax, his own temporal reality,…

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By Jon Frosch (191) for France24 (78) on 22 May 2011

An almost outrageously ambitious, shatteringly beautiful meditation on memory, childhood, loss, and figuring out one's place in the world…

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By Dan Callahan (211) for House Next Door (153) on 21 May 2011

Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life never stops moving forward…

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