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The Tree of Life (2011, dir. Terrence Malick): impressionistic nature doco with little real drama

imageI spent most of this film’s running time worrying about the Bluetooth headset that I’d misplaced somewhere … to summarize the plot, Jack (Sean Penn) wakes up, walks to work, travels up an elevator, has some meetings at the office, rides back down the elevator, and walks back home as the sun starts setting. During the day, he reminisces about growing up in 1950s suburban Texas. The good parts are random scenes evoking childhood feelings, and a pretty cool but irrelevant CGI sequence showcasing the birth of the universe and of life on Earth.  But nothing really hangs together

 

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Posted by on July 11, 2011 in Film Reviews

 

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