the audience applauded

Overrated and overhyped

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

This movie is about a great architect memories who he faced a many physical obstacles in his life.he realised his mother (Grace)&father(nature) helped him to become a great man,without both of them we can't do anything in life they are most valuable person in our life.these all are played by God's intention he what we wants to do.in this movie nature is violent ,humiliating his dad is doing to his children.grace is love ,understanding his mother very graceful to his children.jack realising grace and nature are both important to our life to being a goodman.

This is Terence Mallick's magnus opus in my opinion- and yes, I am aware of the fact that this is Malick I speak of, a man who has made some masterpieces. Tree of Life encompasses everything- from the search of purpose and meaning to the beginning and end of time itself. Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain and the kids all are more than competent and would have jumped at the chance of working with a master. Beautifully shot as only Malick can(the camera flows so smoothly) and containing what I consider one of the most important sequences(beginning of time) ever put on film The Tree of Life is a work of art.

Here's the second time I watched the " Tree of Life" and one thing I don't understand. How can someone take such a different approach to the film when it watched it at different times of life? It didn't leave a good impression on me the first time when I watched it. How did I make such a big mistake? This film shows the deepest abyss of the human soul, and especially well depicts one state of the soul, which we called mourning. Happy are the one who has not experienced the loss of a close person, and who can not understand all the horror which this film shows, and those will say, a boring movie. These are lucky ones. Others, however, when hearing the sounds of "Requiem" by Hector Berlioz, will remain deeply affected by the truth that this film is nothing but a gloomy walk through the hell of a soul that experienced death. All those volcanoes, sea depths, unreal images of the universe, only reflect one atmosphere, the atmosphere of deep despair, hopelessness and loneliness. And then suddenly the voice of the mother who says ... my son. In the film,there is a lot of intertwine frames that show the family life with the outside world , the world of secrets, after death's life , about the God whom we constantly ask a questions, and we remain without answers, about a deep pain. Music has magnificently evoked the fear, sadness and loneliness that are the backbone of this film. In short, this movie completely ruined me. This is the first movie to whom I give a 10 points on IMDB site.

"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?" Job 38:4, 7 This is how Terrence Malick begins The Tree of Life. This may seem like a somewhat ordinary occurrence, but for those who haven't seen his films, he is also the director of Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, and most recently Knight of Cups. He is a philosopher who disregards conventionality in favor of non-linear, visual storytelling infused with natural light and beautiful nature. And The Tree of Life probably is the most evident example. At its most base form, this film chronicles the beginning of the cosmos up to the 50s era of a Texan family with 3 boys (one is Mud star Tye Sheridan) led patriarchally with Brad Pitt and a quiet, loving Jessica Chastain. So far so good, I guess. Also throw in Sean Penn as the future adult of one of the kids, and already you can tell how the non-linearness will unfold. But you can't tell. The first 10 minutes are a grieving mother, the next 10 are of a contemplative and questioning Penn, then you get about 45 minutes that literally goes from the beginning to present day with a couple of dinosaurs mixed in. And it's not there for eye-candy, but it all means something-- this includes all the shots of trees and the metaphors represented (similar to some of the graduation speeches I listened to yesterday). And I truly believe none of this works without Emmanuel Lubezki. Wait, who? Lubezki is probably the best cinematographer, at least of this generation, and is responsible for being director of photography for Gravity, Birdman, Children of Men, and my darling The Revenant. All I can say is this film is beautiful. Is it worth watching? Well I think everyone should see at least one Malick film, and Days of Heaven is a good choice, but this film is better along with The Thin Red Line which I would argue is the equal to Saving Private Ryan for war films. With that said, dialogue is sparse and this can be frightening. But what it is is one of the greatest stories told, er rather watched, and right up there with Boyhood on the depiction of boyhood. There is so much I understood and learned and awed at, and there's definitely even more for me to understand and connect with. You will not want to see the film again the following week after watching because of the hidden details you missed on the first viewing; no, you'll be thinking and thinking and in a year or two will absolutely have the urge to rewatch it. Words don't describe this film. Neither does dialogue. You watch and feel the love, the sternness, the intertwining emotions of the family. There isn't trivia to learn and gain by watching, but there is knowledge to gain and perspective to behold. I'm not saying you will love it, but you will come away with something old, something new; memories of your life and an appreciation of the known and unknown. You can find this review and dozens of others at gillipediamoviereviews.blogspot.com