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  The Tree of Life

  Thursday, June 23, 2011 4:06:46 AM | (Age Not Specified)

  I'm not surprised by the so called negative "user reviews". This film isn't for everyone, like the people who grossed the hangover part 2 to 250+ mill. You all forget "movies" are there to entertain you and "Films" are there to shape you, teach you, move you. Don't knock a brilliant artist's work just because you didn't get it.

• 9

  The Tree of Life

  Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:13:02 PM | (Age Not Specified)

  As one might assume from the opening quote, this film is something like a 20th century retelling of Job. It starts suggesting quite a nihilistic worldview, but as it goes on, it grows in warmth and complexity. The narration has an interesting feature in its fluidity; I don't know how to put this but there are many times when it can seem as if it is not just the character speaking to themselves (or internally toward someone else, or toward God) but perhaps God talking to the world that s/he created-- which makes sense to me in that all of the narrators are creator figures (inventor/musician, mother, musician, architect, painter, imaginer, whatever). The God of the world has as much to learn a

• 4

  The Tree of Life

  Wednesday, June 22, 2011 1:26:10 AM | (Age Not Specified)

  Bizarre reflection on life and death in a family, with excessive nature scenes inserted to supposedly make one think of life on a grand scale and questioning one's existence, God, etc. One tries hard to appreciate the people moments, and that is where it counts most... should be redone minus the stock scenic shots... (blah!)

• 2

  The Tree of Life

  Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7:46:24 PM | (Age Not Specified)

  One of the most lifeless film I've seen in a while.

• 8

  The Tree of Life

  Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:56:31 AM | (age group: 18-24) | M

  This film, while broad in its treatment of concepts of the ethereal, employs an engaging and specific story-line. A visually beautiful, transcendent cinema experience. SIMPLE AND STUNNING

• 2

  The Tree of Life

  Saturday, June 18, 2011 3:38:46 PM | (Age Not Specified)

  Brad Pitt must have been hurting for a buck to appear in this film.

• 1

  The Tree of Life

  Saturday, June 18, 2011 12:43:15 PM | (Age Not Specified)

  If this was a freebie on TV it would have been flicked off after the first 10 minutes. If I wanted to watch a documentary on photos taken by the Hubble space telescope, I would have switched on the Discovery Channel. This movie was a complete waste of two hours. I want my two hours back!!

• 2

  The Tree of Life

  Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:46:08 PM | (Age Not Specified)

  Positively mind-numbing as well as too metaphysical and metaphorical. I sat it out thiking/hoping that I'd be rewarded with some sense being made of it in the end!!? Alas! it didn't happen!

• 1

  The Tree of Life

  Monday, June 13, 2011 9:36:07 PM | (Age Not Specified)

  The photography of the cosmos, landscapes and Mother Nature's impact on planet Earth was spectactular. Lots of people walked out after the first 30 minutes. At the end of the film, there was a lot of snickering because, the story was so jumbled. The low whispers of Jack could not be understood.

• 10

  The Tree of Life

  Sunday, June 12, 2011 2:44:54 AM | (Age Not Specified)

  The last poster is a complete moron, obviously, to have walked out on such a brilliant film. Easily the most beautiful cinematography I've ever seen, Malick is a master filmmaker. This is his most ambitious work to date.