Movie Information
Overall Rank: 1498
Average Rating: 2.9/4
# of Ratings: 141
Theatrical Release Date: 05/27/2011
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 08/28/2018
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Terrence Malick
Actors: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Joanna Going, Fiona Shaw, Jessica Chastain, Jackson Hurst
Plot: The Tree of Life follows one boy, Jack - one of three brothers as he goes through life - as a child everything seems filled with wonderment, but as he grows, and his parents vie for his attention, sickness, death all take that sense of wonderment away. As an adult, Jack is disillusioned - a lost soul in a modern world - as he searches for meaning in the grand scheme of existence. -- Chris Kavan
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4/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/25/2019
Not since "2001: A Space Odyssey" has a movie been so worthy of being called "art." Terrence Malik has without a doubt created the one of the greatest and most fascinating cinematic masterpieces of the 21st century.
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3.5/4
Matthew Brady - wrote on 01/01/2016
Life in a nutshell. The Tree of Life is one of the most stunning, magnificently shot movies I've ever seen. The cinematography is something that you can't take your eyes away from, it's just that stunning. Emmanuel Lubezki is the master of cinematography, I mean he's right up there with Roger Deakins, Vittorio Storaro, and Robert Richardson. Terrence Malick direction in this movie was pure brilliant, even when sometimes it dose get a little pretentious with some of the imagery, but all that aside, this is a beautiful film that's not going to be for everyone.
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4/4
worleyjamers - wrote on 06/29/2013
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. Shoutout to the beautiful city of Waco, TX. City of my birth and hometown of director Terrence Malick.
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Raum und Zeit
cinegeek.de - wrote on 04/25/2016
Terrence Malicks The Tree Of Life ist ein Film von gewaltigen Ambitionen und tiefer Menschlichkeit. Nicht weniger als das Abbild aller Existenz durch das Prima einer überschaubaren Zahl menschlichen Lebens: Der O'Brien Familie. Mir fällt nur ein einziger Film ein, der einen ähnlichen Anspruch hat und das ist 2001 - doch dem geht das Humanistische von Malicks Film ab. Malick ist der letzte Überlebende der New Hollywood Generation, dem immer noch und immer wieder solch ein Meisterwerk zuzutrauen ist! Ich kann mich kaum erinnern, wann mich ein Film zuletzt so berührt hat und so viel mit meinem eigenen Leben zu tun hatte. Fast kommt es mir so vor, als ob die Männer in The Tree Of Life ich selbst sind. Hätte ich die Begabung Malicks und müsste einen autobiographischen Film drehen, er …
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4/4
Everything in a nutshell.
memento_mori - wrote on 06/25/2013
Guess who got snubbed for Best Director.
Terrence Malick has proven himself to be a very unaccountable director. He never does interviews, barely ever lets himself be seen in public, and he makes strange editing decisions, often editing the majority of an actor's performance out of the movie… And with The Tree of Life, he yet again delivers something baffling.
As for Malick's direction: It's one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen in my life, if not the most beautiful.
It feels like every frame, every shot in this film has a story behind it, a philosophy. Like it's a part of a clockwork that energizes our lives. And of course it has that Terrence Malick feel to it. The long, poignant shots and the ominous whispers. This is not a film for people who don't like Malick's …
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4/4
A masterpiece.
Polly - wrote on 06/16/2012
The Tree of Life is one of those films that you either love or hate - there is no middle ground. It questions the existence of God and shows the truly important things in life in a way that makes the viewer search for the answers himself - but they are hidden in plain sight.
The film itself is about Sean Penn's character who remembers his childhood after he learns that his younger brother has died, trying to say goodbye when it is too late. The scenes in the film are like remembering your own childhood - you don't remember all of it but you are able to recall the innocence of it and some of these not-so-important moments that become important later because they stick with your forever. The plot would've made the movie boring if it wasn't done in such unusual way. The cinematography and …
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