The Tree of Life (2011)
Country: US
Technical: col 139m
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Sean Penn
Synopsis:
A man looks back on his childhood with his two brothers, one of whom died on the brink of adulthood. Idolising his mother, and hating his overbearing father, he nevertheless despised himself for resembling the latter too much, and feels unworthy of having survived his sensitive, musical sibling.
Review:
Malick's hymn to the bitter-sweetness of growing up, of embracing the knocks of fate rather than forcing one's own destiny, is nothing if not ambitious in its purview, encompassing as it does the outer reaches of time and space along with a specific Deep South in the 50s locale. It rambles on at its own rapturous pace, heedless of whether its audience seizes the odd fragment of muttered or filtered out dialogue. In short, fans will love its beauty and allusiveness; others will wonder whether, after nigh on two and a half hours, they have been had.
Country: US
Technical: col 139m
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Sean Penn
Synopsis:
A man looks back on his childhood with his two brothers, one of whom died on the brink of adulthood. Idolising his mother, and hating his overbearing father, he nevertheless despised himself for resembling the latter too much, and feels unworthy of having survived his sensitive, musical sibling.
Review:
Malick's hymn to the bitter-sweetness of growing up, of embracing the knocks of fate rather than forcing one's own destiny, is nothing if not ambitious in its purview, encompassing as it does the outer reaches of time and space along with a specific Deep South in the 50s locale. It rambles on at its own rapturous pace, heedless of whether its audience seizes the odd fragment of muttered or filtered out dialogue. In short, fans will love its beauty and allusiveness; others will wonder whether, after nigh on two and a half hours, they have been had.
Country: US
Technical: col 139m
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Sean Penn
Synopsis:
A man looks back on his childhood with his two brothers, one of whom died on the brink of adulthood. Idolising his mother, and hating his overbearing father, he nevertheless despised himself for resembling the latter too much, and feels unworthy of having survived his sensitive, musical sibling.
Review:
Malick's hymn to the bitter-sweetness of growing up, of embracing the knocks of fate rather than forcing one's own destiny, is nothing if not ambitious in its purview, encompassing as it does the outer reaches of time and space along with a specific Deep South in the 50s locale. It rambles on at its own rapturous pace, heedless of whether its audience seizes the odd fragment of muttered or filtered out dialogue. In short, fans will love its beauty and allusiveness; others will wonder whether, after nigh on two and a half hours, they have been had.