Review of The Tree of Life (2011) by Thomson T — 29 May 2014

This might be one of the most celebrated cinematic acheivements of the year.

This review of The Tree of Life (2011) was written by Thomson T on 29 May 2014.

The Tree of Life has generally received positive reviews.

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You can attempt to portray this as some type of grand vision or inspiring culmination of visuals, or you can be real....this movie is horrible…

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The Tree of Life by philosopher auteur Terence Malik is a poetry in motion that encompasses the lifetime of our Universe and the complexities…

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By Brian H (1,202) on 16 Mar 2017

The cinematography and nature sequences look fantastic, But they go on for way too long which is when I realized this should've been a narative…

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Incredible film! Depth of story. Raw emotion. Cinematography is breathtaking. A work of art/…

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By Pj Nabarro (328) for Patrick Nabarro (306) on 08 Nov 2018

Malick's most ambitious statement yet for his belief in the overwhelming transcendence of the sensory and material ephemera of the world over…

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By Juanita C (19) on 10 Sep 2018

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By Ralph K (25) on 05 May 2018

Incredible film! Depth of story. Raw emotion. Cinematography is breathtaking. A work of art/…

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By Amelia T (101) on 05 May 2017

I appreciate artistic films .. this' not one of them. Visually engaging, yet empty at its core…

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By Geoffrey O'brien (32) for The New York Review of Books (223) on 05 Nov 2018

[Malick] does his thinking by means of cinema in its full range of possibilities, and that is at any time a rare spectacle…

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