Review of The Tree of Life (2011) by Mark M — 06 Jan 2013

One of the strangest movies you'll ever see.

This review of The Tree of Life (2011) was written by Mark M on 06 Jan 2013.

The Tree of Life has generally received positive reviews.

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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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By Skye C (18) on 15 Dec 2017

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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By Ryan B (2,114) on 05 May 2018

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

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By Yasemin Y (339) 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 Fong K (647) on 10 Sep 2018

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 Rebecca Cusey (105) for WORLD (293) on 21 Mar 2018

The result is a fragmented but beautiful kaleidoscope of a film that is closer to a prayer set to music than to a story…

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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 Juanita C (19) on 10 Sep 2018

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 Spencer P (651) on 15 Oct 2017

This is emotionally driven storytelling and filmmaking on a purer level, one that relays actual mental processes and all the subtle details…

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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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