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0 Stars--Turned it off after ten minutes.
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Truly bizarre! I read thhe precis which tells me the plot! But I sure didn't see all that in the movie! Academt Award nominee?? You've GOT to be kidding! Yes, beautiful cinematograpghy! But best picture????? NO!!!!!! No acting at all, 2 shots of Sean Penn with no dialogue, and very, very little dialogue throughout the movie!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wierd, wierd! This did not evoke anything in me except
Wonderfully provocative film which left me to explore my own life's complexities. So much in this film went right to my heart
I saw it on TV last nite, did not seem to make much sence, at least to me,AND i HAVE VIEWED A LOT OF MOVIES IN MY 71 YRS.
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A.O. Scott
The New York Times
With disarming sincerity and daunting formal sophistication The Tree of Life ponders some of the hardest and most persistent questions, the kind that leave adults speechless when children ask them. Full Review
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
The Tree of Life is pretty much nuts overall, a manic hybrid folly with flashes of brilliance. But even if that's true it's a noble crazy, a miraculous William Butler Yeats kind of crazy, alive with passion for art and the world, for all that is lost and not lost and still to come. Full Review
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
At its best, The Tree of Life makes the viewer lean forward, eager to enter Malick's own dreamy, poetic consciousness. At worst, it leads to the vague feeling that we're listening to the meanderings of someone who's not sure we're smart enough to keep up. Full Review
Anthony Lane
The New Yorker
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 exasperation, there is no mistaking Malick's unfailing ability to grab at glories on the fly. Full Review
Claudia Puig
USA Today
A shape-shifting film, it resembles a poem. At other moments, it is closer to a symphony. Most often, it approximates a fervent prayer. Full Review
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