Review of The Tree of Life (2011) by Karen N — 09 Feb 2013

This wasn't great. I wouldn't recommend it.

This review of The Tree of Life (2011) was written by Karen N on 09 Feb 2013.

The Tree of Life has generally received positive reviews.

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By Kyle D (364) on 16 Dec 2018

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By Marla S (37) on 18 Apr 2017

En extremo surrealista, me gustó bastante…

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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 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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