A movie that wants to mean more than what is actually telling. Taking a lot of things borrowed from 2001, it doesn't even come close to have such a deep an interesting meaning.
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The Tree of Life
Overview
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.
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Release date
17/05/2011
Votes
3,383
Popularity
6.6
Brad Pitt
Mr. O'Brien
Jessica Chastain
Mrs. O'Brien
Hunter McCracken
Young Jack
Sean Penn
Jack
Fiona Shaw
Grandmother
Tye Sheridan
Steve
Laramie Eppler
R.L.
Will Wallace
Architect
Nicolas Gonda
Mr. Reynolds
Jessica Fuselier
Guide
Kelly Koonce
Father Haynes
Bryce Boudoin
Robert
Jimmy Donaldson
Jimmy
Kameron Vaughn
Cayler
Cole Cockburn
Harry Bates
Dustin Allen
George Walsh
Brayden Whisenhunt
Jo Bates
Joanna Going
Jack's Wife
Irene Bedard
Messenger
Michael Koeth
Jack @ 2
Finnegan Williams
Jack @ 5
John Howell
R. L. @ 2
Samantha Martinez
Samantha
Savannah Welch
Mrs. Kimball
Tamara Jolaine
Mrs. Stone
Julia M. Smith
Beth
Anne Nabors
Rue
Ryan Melton
Prisoner
Tyler Thomas
Tyler Stone
Michael Showers
Mr. Brown
Kimberly Whalen
Mrs. Brown
Margaret Hoard
Jane
Wally Welch
Clergyman
Hudson Lee Long
Mr. Bagley
Michael Dixon
Dusty Walsh
William Hardy
Jack's Work Colleague
Tommy Hollis
Tommy
Cooper Franklin Sutherland
Robert #2
John Cyrier
Bi-Plane Pilot
Erma Lee Alexander
Erma
Nicholas Yedinak
Nicholas Swimmer
Erinn Allison
Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
Mary Anzalone
School Teacher (uncredited)
Charlotte Biggs
1950s' Woman (uncredited)
Benjamin Dane
Symphony Patron (uncredited)
Michael E. Harvey
Lame Man (uncredited)
Matt Hislope
Clown (uncredited)
Jackson Hurst
Uncle Ray (uncredited)
Zach Irsik
Jack's Son (uncredited)
Scottie Jefferies
Businessman (uncredited)
Gregory Kelly
Prisoner (uncredited)
Carlotta Maggiorana
Ragazza-angelo (uncredited)
Crystal Mantecon
Elisa (uncredited)
Jodie Moore
Mr. Walsh (uncredited)
Kathryn Rawson
Capitol Secretary (uncredited)
Danielle Rene
Woman (uncredited)
Debbi Tucker
Neighbor (uncredited)
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Terrence Malick's <i>The Tree of Life</i> is an attempt to inject some cosmic wonder into the most mundane American story. In the 1950s, two parents bring up three boys in an American white middle-class, small-town existence. The mother (Jessica Chastain) radiates love and warmth, while the father (Brad Pitt) feels the obligation to be cold and distant in order to prepare his sons for the cruel world that awaits them. As we are informed at the beginning of the film, sometime during this mid-century upbringing, one of the boys would eventually die. We are also shown flashfowards to the prese…
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**Visually grandiose and made with true technical and artistic mastery, it is a film with difficult and indigestible themes, which will scare the audience with its slowness and tiring atmosphere.** There are films that are made for some audiences and not for most people, the general public. This film is one of them: being what it is, it doesn't even try to capture our sympathy or attention. The film did very well on the festivals circuit and even won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, in addition to being acclaimed by critics and intellectuals. However, it was not understood by almost anyone but the…
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