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The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life

2011
Drama, Fantasy
2h 19m
The story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence. (imdb)

Directed by:

Terrence Malick

Screenwriter:

Terrence Malick

Starring:

Sean Penn, Fiona Shaw, Brad Pitt, Joanna Going, Will Wallace, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Tye Sheridan, Jessica Fuselier, Nicolas Gonda, Kelly Koonce

Genres:

Drama, Fantasy

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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The Tree of Life

2011
Drama, Fantasy
2h 19m
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pickpocketPickpocket
Rated 23 Sep 2011
1
12th
Such a pretentious and pointless piece of garbage. I think Sean Penn put it best when he said, "I have no idea what I'm doing here or what I'm supposed to add to the context." Nailed it. Malick's movies in the past have been beautiful and had a plot, this one only has one of those things. Malick we get it, you don't have a coherent story to tell, quit showing us pictures of the sun and waterfalls you fat douche. Malick may have entered George Lucas territory, nobody is telling him no anymore.
Rated 23 Sep 2011
kasperlKasperL
Rated 21 Sep 2011
95
99th
An original and often mesmerizing coming-of-age ode, providing intimacy and personal perspective. McCracken is brilliant. Malick and Lubezki stunningly let us share his childhood, presenting family dynamics, formative years and the beauty of enjoying everyday life. The setup about ways of living seems reductive initially but they are, I gather, merely ideals thrust upon Jack, serving as a tool for organizing his trip down memory lane. I'll choose the way of grace and forgive the nature sequence.
Rated 21 Sep 2011
indyatmnINDYATMN
Rated 27 May 2011
55
6th
A-s. Toothbrush. Paint. Peeling. Free. Star implodes. Pimple. Orgasm. Le petit morte of Laserdisc. Sneaker souls gripping the ground holding on for dear life. Masturbation. Mental. Genius. Read into a string of words like you read into the string of images in this film & believe you are internalizing something signifycan't. Stringing images of family, the cosmos, & time together doesn't mean you're saying something important. Avant garde review: haven't seen it. Meditate, ponder us, Jack's off.
Rated 27 May 2011
fredericg54frederic_g54
Rated 22 May 2011
10
97th
I can't remember the time I witnessed that many walkouts, yet a harmless, meditative film such as this should hardly be held responsible for one's selfish demeanour. I was moved, emotionally and in thought, entangled by the film's uncanny ability to restore my general fascination about life, what once was and the unknown future which lies ahead, through one of the most intimately told stories I've seen. This is not a perfect film, yet in the grand scheme of things, it's one to be grateful for.
Rated 22 May 2011
kmcneilKMcNeil
Rated 18 May 2011
7
70th
If modern filmmaking is the art of compromise, someone forgot to tell Terrence Malick. Not satisfied with merely tackling love, war and similar hefty themes, Malick this time goes for life itself with an elliptically, associative and lyrically rather than causally told story about people and the ties between them. It's not so much about the O'Brien family as it's about the idea of family and individual. "The Tree of Life" is equally ambitious and visually breathtaking – and a bit too much.
Rated 18 May 2011
bojanglesBojangles
Rated 08 Jun 2011
85
94th
An unconventional yet simple exercise in the form. Malick makes simple movies, we're just used to complex ones. When the lights go down we expect to have a visualized novel thrown at us, and we're supposed to follow along like stupid little detectives. At its best, TToL is like a home movie, only with insanely high production values. At its worst, it's...too big. Sometimes I just had to laugh at the balls this movie has and what it must be like to wake up in the morning and be Terrence Malick.
Rated 08 Jun 2011
ixtiandurIxtiandur
Rated 27 Jun 2011
20
8th
The most pretentious drinking game. Sip everytime the sun is shown through the trees.
Rated 27 Jun 2011
moncliviemonclivie
Rated 13 Jun 2011
58
20th
No.
Rated 13 Jun 2011
mubearMubear
Rated 26 May 2011
97
99th
There is this guy on criticker that has this movie in his Tier 1. My initial reaction was to throw rocks at him. But then I decided that he should be forgiven. And that's how much influence this movie had on me. Mallick's world is full of awe and so should we be.
Rated 26 May 2011
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 13 Aug 2011
65
61st
Oh, Malick wanted to make a classic, the most important film about all questions of humankind, family, religion, being born, living, dying. But here is the achievement: an exaggerated juxtaposition of spiritual and natural imagery, parenthood and childhood ordinary scenes.
Rated 13 Aug 2011
langelundLangelund
Rated 22 May 2011
100
99th
The story of life. Envisioned as a prayer, told through jaw-dropping poetry and imagery. Nothing like any piece of art you've ever seen - and arguably the most memorable movie of the decade.
Rated 22 May 2011
filmfreak88filmfreak88
Rated 27 Oct 2011
100
99th
Rapturous. Profound. Beautiful. I am moved beyond words in ways I cannot explain. Forgive me for these superlative praises. But that's just how I felt after seeing this astonishing cinematic achievement. I can't help it.
Rated 27 Oct 2011
martintellerMartinTeller
Rated 16 Oct 2011
96
98th
This film embodies beauty. Impressionistic fragments of memory flow into each other, and even when the images aren't gloriously bedazzled with natural light they exhibit a captivating sense of framing and movement. Is it enough for a film to have breathtaking visuals? Well, yes, but that's not all there is to it. You could accuse Malick of being too ambitious here, but I was swept into the poetry and rhythms of the voiceover, the gentle exploration of life, its beginnings, its conflicts.
Rated 16 Oct 2011
cinemaasiaCinema_Asia
Rated 01 Oct 2011
95
98th
A time bending portrayal of a nuclear family dealing with tragedy and their juxtapositional relationship with existence. The film crosses aeons of time to contemplate the cosmos and human life's infinitesimal role. Interconnected lives are glimpsed backwards and forwards as nostalgic moments which appear as concurrent hanging fragments in time and space. The film is told with poetic imagery with the complex mournful and joyful narrated emotions of the lives we witness. Abstract but beautiful.
Rated 01 Oct 2011
theficionadotheficionado
Rated 25 Jun 2011
100
97th
Elliptical, lyrical, beautifully sincere, and -- in its elevation of the quotidian to the cosmic, primordial, cataclysmic -- stunningly ambitious. This mixing of scale makes it so that the boy's resentment toward the father's ostensible hypocrisies register not only on an intimate, familial level but echo on the Biblical as well: Man's mechanical landscapes represent an effort to outdo the master Creator Himself, an attempt to transgress the boundaries set by the great disciplinarian in the sky.
Rated 25 Jun 2011
juntakinte99juntakinte99
Rated 25 Feb 2021
100
97th
Watching a Malick film is an acquired taste for filmgoers--which explains why my cinema posted a sign warning patrons of the artistic nature of a Brad Pitt movie. Whereas most movies are akin to airport novels or comic books, Malick makes philosophical poems. His approach is impactful, as even without knowing the character names you can meditate on topics like life, nature, nurture, and your upbringing. This is a deeply spiritual experience that rewards anyone willing to participate in it.
Rated 25 Feb 2021
guy-piranhaguy piranha
Rated 24 Sep 2011
55
31st
do you like these weird, artsy perfume-commercials, where someone whispers some incoherent emotional stuff and then there's a panther? wanna see one in feature-film length? then go ahead. more than once i was tempted to turn this off, but i sat through it expecting a revelation of some sort. it leaves abundent room for interpretation, but mostly i didnt care enough to try. according to this, everything can be overcome with love. well, i shall try to love it then...
Rated 24 Sep 2011
boyakashaboyakasha
Rated 18 Sep 2011
30
5th
Where do I start? It's a visually stunning movie, maybe the most beautiful waste of energy I've ever seen. It spends waaay too much time trying (I presume) to tell the storyline with abstract art and random pictures with choral music, but fails miserably in telling a coherent story. The most pretentious crap I've ever seen. Acting is great, and like I said, it's all very beautiful, but that's just about the only positive here. Watch some fireworks with soothing music for 2 hours instead.
Rated 18 Sep 2011
alex_watkinsAlex Watkins
Rated 21 Jun 2011
6
98th
Conveys more explicitly, autobiographically, and audaciously than ever before one of the primary thrusts of Malick's body of work: "The child is the father of the man." Always obsessed with how the memories of formative moments can ripple out over the course of decades, he now reaches back through time and towards the stars as well, to make one family's quotidian conflicts feel both like a drop in the ocean and the ocean itself.
Rated 21 Jun 2011
zuleykazuleyka
Rated 17 Jun 2011
65
40th
Watching this movie I couldn't stop thinking: wow, the director is so full of himself. He presents hundreds of images to prove, that the world is oh, so beautiful but we already knew that. And the symbolism for the sake of... symbolism? And the final sequence with reunion of all the characters on the beach! Come on.
Rated 17 Jun 2011
stradivariusStradivarius
Rated 28 May 2011
95
97th
This is one of those films that makes you lose all sense of time, and feels more real than the world outside the theater. Critics have accused Malick of trying to accomplish too much, and not quite getting there, yet I never once felt him trying to influence the viewer, or to make a direct statement. I felt instead like a participant, and that what this film accomplishes will come from within you, from the ways that you manage to connect this story to your own life.
Rated 28 May 2011
beedubBeeDub
Rated 05 Jul 2015
95
91st
Beautiful, surreal, ambitious, and richly rewarding to viewers willing to meet it halfway.
Rated 05 Jul 2015
worleyjamersworleyjamers
Rated 09 Sep 2012
94
98th
What is The Tree of Life? It's a celebration of life. It's a prayer to the one who creates all things. It's a hymn of reality about both the good and evil in the world. It's a reminder of who we are and where we come from. A true poetic masterpiece. One of the best films of 2011.
Rated 09 Sep 2012
billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 21 Sep 2011
90
92nd
Really makes you feel insignificant huh? 2001: An Americana Odyssey
Rated 21 Sep 2011
judge_holdenJudge Holden
Rated 03 Sep 2011
4
51st
Too simple-minded to be poetic and too broad in its handling of its themes to be meaningful. I admire its ambition, and of course its cinematography (save for that laughable CGI sequence), but the entire affair is devoid of any real emotional or philosophical insight. It confuses the simple presentation of cosmic ideas for profundity. Deep down, The Tree of Life is schmaltzy and clumsily written/presented.
Rated 03 Sep 2011
ytadelYtadel
Rated 12 Aug 2011
2
14th
Oh really, do you get it? Congratulations. Let's throw a party for you, smart guy! Free clove cigarettes for everyone. Beret, skinny jeans, and/or soul patch required for admittance. Be sure to tell everyone who doesn't want to go that, heh, maybe Transformers 3 is more on their intellectual level, with a prick smirk on your face.
Rated 12 Aug 2011
xakkmasterXakkMaster
Rated 29 Jun 2011
89
86th
A blending of narrative styles that is part "2001" and part "The Fountain," but not quite as bold as either. It's a beautiful film, no doubt, full of dissected American family dynamics (with focus on the father/son relationship). The synthesis of natural science scenes with a thematic overlay of religious prayer is a unique approach to understanding loss and coming to terms with the fact that all is temporary. The ending is a bit heavy-handed but takes nothing from tremendous acting & direction.
Rated 29 Jun 2011
florvdeFlorVdE
Rated 22 May 2011
2
39th
Malick crafts a high quality period drama and a stunning Discovery Channel-documentary, but his attempt to link the two together through cosmic woo-woo is contrived and a bit too on the nose.
Rated 22 May 2011
coinquatroCoinQuatro
Rated 18 May 2011
100
99th
Clumsy, even ludicrous in parts. In others lightyears ahead of anything else I have ever seen in cinema. And that is just after one viewing. Edit: Criterion Extended Cut + Acid. Different beast.
Rated 18 May 2011
billkerwinbillkerwin
Rated 23 Jun 2012
91
86th
Malick connects the infinite with the intimate, but only partially succeeds. I think he could have used more plot (just a little!) so we would know better and care more about this particular Texas family and thus feel with greater force the cosmic core of their sharply realized quotidian gestures. Still, the details haunt: each pat of father's hand, each waft of window curtain, each motherly smile, each dusty street, seems part of my childhood too, fillng me with both mortality and mystery.
Rated 23 Jun 2012
barthalenBarthalen
Rated 10 Oct 2011
85
92nd
Only a filmmaker like Malick can make 'simply existing' seem like such an enlightening accomplishment. As can be expected every shot is a feast for the eyes. However, at times the style seems to drown out the substance, making the film seem a bit pretentious or aimless. Then again, the themes here are so huge and abstract that they seem impossible to pin down. What other film spends time going over the existence of everything we know? Fascinating, but might need a rewatch to sink in completely.
Rated 10 Oct 2011
aneyaney
Rated 01 Oct 2011
42
42nd
Boring and disjointed. Points for dinosaurs though.
Rated 01 Oct 2011
spanksSpanks
Rated 27 Jul 2011
95
98th
A love song for life, a sonnet to humanity, a letter to the Gods; this will leave you feeling like a emotionally open wound. There are so many themes (Christian spirituality, creationism, evolution, coming-of-age, family, Oedipus Complex) that the film raises the viewer to the same complex existential experience the main character Jack is going through, and you can't help but feel those same emotions. Malick's 2nd best and one of my favorite films to date. And no, it's nothing like 2001.
Rated 27 Jul 2011
sirstuckeySirStuckey
Rated 02 Jul 2011
40
14th
I like artsy movies, but there is a line that can be crossed where I just struggle through watching it and don't enjoy myself. This movie crossed that line. I recognize why people will like it, there are some really beautiful shots and the story (when they get to it) is pretty good. It's just way too heavy handed and took way too long to get into the actual story part.
Rated 02 Jul 2011
lexlex
Rated 27 Dec 2012
95
91st
Ranks up with "Space Odyssey" (though they are very very different) as the most profound film I've ever seen. What this artwork seeks to explain is life and existence and in doing so stimulates your senses and then reaches into the depths of your psyche. There are issues to be found, certainly, but how can there not be when something is so ridiculously and phenomenally ambitious? And if everyone played it safe to reach flawlessness, man would we get bored.
Rated 27 Dec 2012
leonardisLeonardis
Rated 26 Feb 2012
90
62nd
I HONESTLY don't see why people hate this movie at all. Sure, The Tree of Life is slow and it's filmed differently than any mainstream and/or popular, more advertised movie, but the acting is beautiful (especially the younger cast which is surprising) and Terrence Malick is still one of the most beautiful directors out there to this day. Beautiful directing and film-making.
Rated 26 Feb 2012
burkayadaligburkayadalig
Rated 14 Dec 2011
100
98th
exquisite... hard to find the words to describe it, there isnt a milisecond that I would wanna see changed... acting, soundtrack, cinematography, the use of reflective surfaces to give a depth to the storytelling are beyond beautiful...
Rated 14 Dec 2011
cosmicmonkeyCosmicMonkey
Rated 30 Oct 2011
90
94th
I'd be lying if I said I actually understood what happened here; but My God, what a Trip! Despite it's flaws, this is one the most visually gripping, psychedelic and emotional films I've ever seen. It is pure, and absolute Visual Poetry. Tarkovskyan in Scope and Bergman-esque in ambition, I can guarantee that it unlike anything else you have ever watched.
Rated 30 Oct 2011
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 19 Oct 2011
20
10th
My eyes practically rolled out of their sockets. Malick draws a false dichotomy between "nature" and "grace", portraying a family neatly divided by the beastly "nature" of dad (makes the kids call him "Sir", literally complains that the neighbor's grass is greener), and the "grace" of mom (whose husky voiceover tells them to "love every leaf"). As if that's not schmaltzy enough, the film has a long "religious" excursus with primordial images of water, sand and trees. Looks like a screen-saver.
Rated 19 Oct 2011
zayankZayanK
Rated 10 Oct 2011
88
79th
Let's revisit this later, shall we?
Rated 10 Oct 2011
obdurateObdurate
Rated 12 Sep 2011
75
54th
There are amazing scenes in here. But then the rest of the movie is kind of okay, nothing terribly special. Not quite boring, but not real interesting. When he embraced the surrealism I was more intrigued because the movie didn't hit me on an emotional level. For a movie that tries to be so beautiful (and it succeeds at times, most definitely), I didn't get that feeling of a masterpiece. I did for the first half hour or so though. This was on its way to a 90.
Rated 12 Sep 2011
filliganFilligan
Rated 09 Aug 2011
58
9th
The best compliment I can pay The Tree of Life is it did, on some level, make me think and reflect. The problems lie in Malick going out of his way to make this film a disjointed jumble of thoughts and images. You don't have to spell things out for your audience, but at least give us the impression that there is something to spell. I may remember the dinosaur sequence for the rest of my life - honestly - but you can't follow that with a family drama period piece for over an hour.
Rated 09 Aug 2011
mwgerbmwgerb
Rated 08 Aug 2011
75
91st
Malick's latest attempt to depart from traditional narrative and to convey the depths of reality through pure cinema. Although he has yet to perfect the ability to communicate deeper ideas (the meaning of suffering) and transcendent un-realities (the beach scene), he's succeeded at magnificently, overwhelmingly capturing the birth of the solar system and the joys and trials of childhood. The fact that I'm even talking about transcendent un-realities really says something about the film.
Rated 08 Aug 2011
rayRay
Rated 03 Aug 2011
100
99th
Probably the most beautiful film I have ever seen.
Rated 03 Aug 2011
omgfridgeomgfridge
Rated 30 Jul 2011
9
91st
Your life means nothing. Make the most of it. Love not hate. Through evoloution we have not changed. Malick's most abstract and his least focused narrative wise film yet. The actors for what they had to do were perfect. Has powerful scenes and messages which left my jaw hanging many a time during. Hard to have a complete opinion as of yet, time will tell as will rewatches.
Rated 30 Jul 2011
valenzettiValenzetti
Rated 13 Jul 2011
92
92nd
Most of the movie is amazing. Constantly starting and abandoning lines of thought, jumping off to new variations and returning in different ways, it isn't to be read as much as fallen through. But- The first and last fifteen or so minutes exhibit none of that uncontrollable energy; they are decidedly tame. That wouldn't be so important, but the "manageability" of the ending in particular works directly against the fleeting nature of the rest of the film that is, in a way, its point. So it goes.
Rated 13 Jul 2011
evranaevrana
Rated 10 Jul 2011
100
99th
It was a roller-coaster experience for me, first I got slapped on the face by the beauty of the images, then I understood what total immersion really meant and finally i got convinced that what I'm looking at is a prophecy rather than a movie. It is a very rare occasion for me to become so emotionally involved in a movie, this is one of those moments where an artist just touches something transcendental.
Rated 10 Jul 2011
anomalyAnomaly
Rated 04 Jul 2011
92
96th
Through the contrast between the prehistoric segment and the period drama, the otherwise simple story is raised up to profound, existential levels. In the process Malick creates a world that feels entirely real, populated by realistic and flawed characters brought to life by the amazing acting. Even if it all doesn't entirely make sense, there's certainly a lot of deeper material here to rediscover and appreciate upon repeat viewings.
Rated 04 Jul 2011
wwallce4prezWWallce4prez
Rated 03 Jul 2011
81
77th
TOL is the most literal embodiment of a poem on screen that I've seen. Absolutely Malick's most difficult to grasp and ambitious film to date, but done in a way that just awes again and again. Its common knowledge that he has mastered the art of capturing nature, but the glorious depiction of suburbia in the 50's stands out nearly as much. A difficult film, and, at times, a task to watch, but one that will definitely be remember and celebrated.
Rated 03 Jul 2011
peppertpeppert
Rated 29 Jun 2011
80
74th
Epic and simple all the same time. Life distilled into its smallest moments and essence, all the while built in all its grandeur. Truly remarkable.
Rated 29 Jun 2011
actionbergActionberg
Rated 24 Jun 2011
95
97th
It's impossible to collect all my thoughts for a film that I will undoubtedly revisit and relearn as time goes on, but at least I can say that this is the first Malick film that has deeply moved me in a fashion usually reserved for only the greatest of cinema poets. The cryptic splendor of the universe is explored from the most expansive development of celestial bodies all the way down to the most infinitesimal moments of childhood glee. A masterpiece if I ever saw one.
Rated 24 Jun 2011
maciiimaciii
Rated 21 Jun 2011
95
99th
just speechless ...
Rated 21 Jun 2011
roonay3kroonay3k
Rated 16 Jun 2011
5
2nd
This movie is obvioulsy loved or hated and I hated it! Total waste of my time. People may say I didn't get it but I did get it I just tought it was really really bad. This movie may be good for emotional art lovers but it did nothing but frustrate me!
Rated 16 Jun 2011
emtiltemtilt
Rated 15 Jun 2011
97
98th
Imperfect, but amazing; pushes film forward. Malick moves even further in the direction of pure lyricism, creating a poem of imagery. It's indisputably a textbook on great cinematography and directing, regardless of your opinions of the film as a whole. Hints of 8 1/2 in the (marvelous) ending. Reminds me of Sagan's comment, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
Rated 15 Jun 2011
flowingflowing
Rated 12 Jun 2011
9
1st
I wish it was a joke.
Rated 12 Jun 2011
sengirsengir
Rated 07 Jun 2011
81
78th
Would be top tier for me if the film was solely focused on the family drama and the melancholy of childhood told so beautifully and lyrically. But the nature footage & the ending threw me off a bit, so I'm giving this a lesser score. Still, a unique experience like any Malick film.
Rated 07 Jun 2011
frederikaFrederikA
Rated 05 Jun 2011
80
86th
So pompous in subject and style, that it from time to time comes dangerously close to imploding, and so general in some of it's observations, that it borders to the pretentiously banal. Amazingly Tree of Life manages for the most part to walk the razor's edge quite elegantly. Throw in a couple of dinosaurs and five billion years of evolution summed up in a 10 minute A/V-bonanza sequence, there is little (except for the ham-fisted ending) for me to dislike.
Rated 05 Jun 2011
denizgdenizg
Rated 10 Sep 2016
100
99th
tekrar
Rated 10 Sep 2016
braddad68braddad68
Rated 15 Aug 2016
100
97th
Modern masterpiece and powerful unconventional film.
Rated 15 Aug 2016
dardandardan
Rated 22 May 2016
93
96th
Malick here catches reflections of Tarkovskys Mirror and seems to address the perennial question formulated in the book of Job: On the (im)possibility of knowing and this ambiguity being the condition to speak of a way of nature and a way of grace. Though things may be taken from the just, as well as they themselves, but still there’s a sense of beauty, justice, grace.
Rated 22 May 2016
flapjack6xflapjack6x
Rated 26 Apr 2016
88
93rd
A hypnotic, spellbinding meditation on our world and the human condition. The Tree of Life is a ambitious and touching story about living in general. The points that are touched on in this film are astoundingly admirable and this film is incredibly inspiring. This film does everything "Boyhood" does and more and does it a hundred times better. I'm sort of at a loss for words because nothing I could say could possibly encompass my feelings about this film or do it any justice. Awe inspiring.
Rated 26 Apr 2016
julie_rubioJulie Rubio
Rated 22 Apr 2015
100
98th
The only way to be happy is to love. Unless you love, your life will flash by.
Rated 22 Apr 2015
hsncrspywlhsncrspywl
Rated 21 Dec 2014
93
93rd
Malick captures memory on camera and weaves it into an understandable, if not a little stretchy, narrative for the viewer to follow through what is essentially an abstract, existential and emotional biography of our director. It's pretty good. The process makes me sad and happy and I can't articulate why.
Rated 21 Dec 2014
zipsterZipster
Rated 11 Aug 2014
100
99th
This distinctive film's likeness of daily life is surrounded by vast enormity in space and time, as well as spirituality. It has overwhelming visuals evoking the origin and growth of the universe, the advent of life at a minuscule stage and the progression of species. This evolution sets the current moment, and us all, in motion. We came about in the Big Bang and over untold millions of years, molecules shaped themselves into, to cut a long story short, you and me, Jack and his father.
Rated 11 Aug 2014
mrkbinghammrkbingham
Rated 26 Jul 2014
95
94th
Malik's most ambitious film: tells the story of life. Part of that it the story of life itself, but there is also the story of one man's life. Explorations of family, spirituality and mesmerizing cinematography make this movie grandiose yet accessible.
Rated 26 Jul 2014
st_bernaSt. Berna
Rated 13 Jan 2012
75
61st
o diil de Sean Penn rezil kepaze olmus. oh olsun; artik ezberledigimiz o zoraki huzunlu surati yetti gari yillardir. film iyi miydi kotu muydu, sevdim mi sevmedim mi, agnostik mi yoksa dindar bi film miydi hâlâ bilmiyorum. yama gibi yapistirilmis belgeselvari goruntulerin oldugu ve hic kucumsenmeyecek kadarlik bir kismi "fragman" gibi cekilmis bi acayip bi film. filmsi. e bolca gorsel tatminli, eyvallah ama senin icine sindi mi bu film Terins?!! ^^ pek olmamis; onu diyim ben saa.
Rated 13 Jan 2012
mentaculusMentaculus
Rated 26 Nov 2011
83
79th
Malick's attempt at rationalizing the importance of life in relation to the cosmos is, by its goal, doomed to be pretentious as all hell. (After all, this is a film that uses dinosaurs to show God's Grace.) So as a whole the film is a bipolar viewing experience: when Malick focuses on the beauty of his family and characters, it is one of the most rewarding in recent memory. When Malick uses oblique spiritual narration over candles and sends Sean Penn to heaven, it feels like a disaster.
Rated 26 Nov 2011
jack_parsonsjack parsons
Rated 25 Nov 2011
10
92nd
Loved everything about this film. Really rallied tons of emotions, the vastness of Malicks creation is incredible. I can't even be specific, it was just perfect. I don't see everyone relating to this film, and that's fine which also easily explains all the hate. All I can say is, I hope you can find a film you can relate to as much as I did to Malicks The Tree of Life and Aronofskys The Fountain.
Rated 25 Nov 2011
gideonGideon
Rated 03 Oct 2011
1
16th
Things that spring to mind: Sunlight through trees, lens flares, National Geographic, philosophy for dummies, 'magic hour'. Overall a very poor film, considering 'everything'.
Rated 03 Oct 2011
spunkieSpunkie
Rated 30 Sep 2011
55
52nd
I have no idea why Malick thought this decent personal family portrait hits anything universal. Observational camera that always happens to point extreme angles became tiresome and claustrophobic for me, as the observations and loose narrative mumblings themselves. Even if Malick has a transendental picture in his mind, the picture that hit the theatre is not it.
Rated 30 Sep 2011
auhasarderikauhasarderik
Rated 23 Sep 2011
10
99th
Ambitious and dense art piece that means to show nature and humans from a godly perspective. It's far from a seeming whole but achieves brilliant and moving moments that are hardly comparable to any other movie. Camerawork is impressive and insightful.
Rated 23 Sep 2011
vertiggoVertiggo
Rated 23 Sep 2011
65
30th
I think the intention here is about being something like the "2001" of family relationships...
Rated 23 Sep 2011
kavuKavu
Rated 19 Sep 2011
90
94th
Very hard to rate. Malick doesn't tell a story, he just conveys ideas, feelings and memories. Most of the time it works like a charm.
Rated 19 Sep 2011
davidjohnsonDavidJohnson
Rated 19 Sep 2011
88
88th
The cinematography is incredible, probably the best I have ever seen in my life. Every single shot is interesting to look at, which is not even a surprise, looking at Malick's earlier films. I got a real 2001 vibe from it. The acting is really good, especially the kids. It's like they just captured a family, doing what they would normally do, rather then an actual scripted film. My favourite part was the sequence of shots near the beginning (after the death part). A bit boring in places though.
Rated 19 Sep 2011
peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 14 Sep 2011
89
92nd
Visually stunning and, except for a brief foray into a dino anecdote, I found this incredibly engaging both narratively and thematically. Malick is both blunt and subtle, leaving even the casual viewer in no doubt that the film is a meditation on the vagaries of happenstance and the idiosyncrasies of life, without ever succumbing to easy answers or trite simplifications. The pacing and forced disjointedness can be frustrating at times, but it's largely worth the effort.
Rated 14 Sep 2011
sebbysebby
Rated 14 Aug 2011
92
99th
It seems to me that many are jumping to call this film a bust because it doesn't speak to them profoundly at every turn, as if the mere act of a filmmaker attempting a film of such scope locks him into a relationship with the viewer whereupon a lack of perfection is akin to failure. We ought to instead be dwelling on The Tree of Life's many astounding strengths, thankful for the existence of a film that artfully tackles life and death on both the smallest and the grandest scales imaginable.
Rated 14 Aug 2011
bernardobrumbernardobrum
Rated 13 Aug 2011
55
10th
sorry Malick, but i just don't feel it.
Rated 13 Aug 2011
jameskeyjameskey
Rated 24 Jul 2011
90
92nd
Fantastic. I think. Definitely one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen. Hard to know what to think of it outside of the visual aspect.
Rated 24 Jul 2011
cowfrappecowfrappe
Rated 24 Jul 2011
40
9th
Gorgeous cinematography (and it IS) does not make up for a director losing track of the narrative, sorry.
Rated 24 Jul 2011
vinegarbobVinegarBob
Rated 19 Jul 2011
80
80th
Two things: 1. Malick has managed to capture the essence of memory 2. The profusion of beautiful imagery. Any faults the film has (and it has its fair share) pale into insignificance when these two things are taken into account.
Rated 19 Jul 2011
darkmandarkman
Rated 12 Jul 2011
70
38th
The cinematography is just beautiful. But overall this movie didn't really catch me. It's exhausting.
Rated 12 Jul 2011
derekstarDerekstar
Rated 03 Jul 2011
100
96th
This is the first Malick film I've seen, and now I feel totally overwhelmed. His catalogue is only 5 films deep, so I'm going to watch those, re-watch this, and then maybe I'll be able to throw some coherency into my thoughts. This is what I have so far. It's wonderfully ambitious, even if I don't quite understand its message. "Message" may be too simple of a word, since the film is trying to be more emotional than intellectual. Speaking of which, I welled up twice at father/son stuff.
Rated 03 Jul 2011
pilgermannpilgermann
Rated 25 Jun 2011
95
98th
There were a few good teary-eyed moments during the film, but after I'd left the auditorium and headed for the restroom I felt emotionally overwhelmed. While walking to my car I felt even more overwhelmed and struggled to keep my composure. I sat in my car for a good 10 minutes making intermittent sobbing noises and shedding tears. I can't properly explain what this made me feel. It's an awesome film, CGI dinos included.
Rated 25 Jun 2011
andreasthauAndreasThau
Rated 22 Jun 2011
70
59th
While there's no point arguing the beauty and the incredible ambition surrounding this film (a 6 hour director's cut?!), some things definitely annoyed me. The ending and the overwhelmingness of it all, not to mention that the symbolism is often served as were it baby food. A notion though: the acting and cinematography is fenomenal. Malick is definitelly one to preserve, to support and to remember. But he does not balance the art, he floods it.
Rated 22 Jun 2011
joeroxyjoeroxy
Rated 17 Jun 2011
70
51st
Certainly a movie that makes you think and certainly words cannot describe the imagery of this movie, but the recurrent addressing to God in this movie really ruined a lot for me. I was expecting a completely different ending which would have led to a much higher rating.
Rated 17 Jun 2011
armondwhiteArmondWhite
Rated 13 Jun 2011
1
0th
Perched on a cliff of near self-parody, The Tree of Life dares to reveal Malick's idiosyncratic -- and humorless -- interest in existential occurrences.
Rated 13 Jun 2011
rufamRufam
Rated 12 Jun 2011
80
85th
"The Tree of Life" is a singular cinematic experience and a film possessing such ambition that it justifies comparisons to "2001". It's not fatal that it fails to fulfill a great part of that ambition, as the sheer vastness of its scope automatically lifts it above most of its counterparts in the multiplexes. The sequences depicting the genesis don't really fit in, but the potent family drama in the core of the story, the fabulous visuals and Pitt's powerful performance make it all worth it.
Rated 12 Jun 2011
domahdomah
Rated 28 May 2011
90
86th
An autobiographical journey through the memories of Malick's formative years combined with a philosophical journey through life itself. Ambitious, powerful, and sometimes quite moving.
Rated 28 May 2011
bunkenBunken
Rated 20 May 2011
90
96th
Beautiful and breathtaking... Its Malick when he's best. The traditional linear story is almost completely thrown away and replaced by a symphony of imagery. But with acting, cinematography and a score like that, who gives a shit! Can he make a bad film? I think not and thank God we don't have to wait too long for the next one this time... By the way, it must be annoying, sitting around waiting all day only to shoot for the couple of hours when the sun is setting ;-)
Rated 20 May 2011
mrcimrci
Rated 06 Oct 2022
16
5th
David Attenborough x Pope Francis remixed by Terrence Malick. Crossover that no one dreamt of and no one needs it. Accidentally watched the extended cut (3+ hours wasted) - don't do it, unless you're a die hard fan of Malick.
Rated 06 Oct 2022
quintonjaminQuintonjamin
Rated 27 Sep 2021
50
35th
Not my cup of tea. It was really hard for me to get into. It seemed to me that Malick didn't have much to say for a feature length film, but maybe that's just me.
Rated 27 Sep 2021
umutheatreumutheatre
Rated 20 Apr 2019
100
99th
Evren, ete ve kemiğe bürünüp konuşabilseydi eğer kendini böylesine güzel anlatamayabilirdi. The Tree of Life son 10 yılın sanırım en iyi filmi. Kusursuz, zengin bir ruha sahip.
Rated 20 Apr 2019
karlsonkarlson
Rated 26 Jan 2019
75
60th
I get that it's about perspective, love, and growing up. But i don't understand the story: who died, and how, and what happened. i have the feeling it's not that important, but it still bothers me a bit. I see two options for myself. the first is that the story is not well told. the second is that i'm not ready to understand it. Option one is reasonable. But when I pick option two, the future is more promising: apparently i've still things to learn, a fruit that will be enjoyed by me some day :)
Rated 26 Jan 2019
le_mamile mami
Rated 21 May 2018
92
97th
In many occasions, I postponed to watch this masterpiece. Now, I realized how wrong I was. It is one of the most beatiful film ever shot, visually magnificent. Also, Malick puts all his ability to find an answer about the life, growing, remembering, love. The narrative is so strong to support these problems especially with the represention through the eyes of a growing boy who faces with the changig family relationships. Seriously masterpiece.
Rated 21 May 2018
nargNarg
Rated 03 Apr 2018
38
21st
I've heard The Tree of Life described as being more like poetry than narrative. I like poetry, I don't like this movie.
Rated 03 Apr 2018
yiannosYiannos
Rated 04 Dec 2017
70
72nd
Ambitious to a fault, nobody can accuse Malick of laziness. T.O.L pushes his style further into the realm of abstract montage, which he began experimenting with in The New World but didn't fully commit to. He shatters linear concepts of time/space to fashion a truly epic journey that links the story of a family to a contemplative vision of creation and life itself. It's skillfully made, but the religious like fervour is overkill, and the imagery, while obviously attractive, is overly manicured.
Rated 04 Dec 2017
rosenritterrosenritter
Rated 01 Jul 2017
2
3rd
The moral of the story is don't be an asshole dad or your kid will grow up to become Sean Penn.
Rated 01 Jul 2017
jazzalohaJazzaloha
Rated 03 Jan 2016
73
80th
This seems to be the culmination many of Malick's films--specifically, the problem of evil. This film deals with the subject in the most personal and explicit way. Part of the answer seems to be the one found in the book of Job--e.g., the creation sequence seems to be the cinematic version of God's response to Job. The final sequences, conceptually, seems a bit trite. However, very few directors combine gorgeous images and music the way Malick does.
Rated 03 Jan 2016
deaddillydeaddilly
Rated 27 Dec 2015
95
98th
If God made movies, he would hire Emmanuel Lubezki as his cinematographer.
Rated 27 Dec 2015
haden93Haden93
Rated 19 Jul 2015
0
1st
complete snore fest. fastest time i ever fell asleep to a movie ever.
Rated 19 Jul 2015

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