Tree of Life, The

Synopsis
Heavy hitters Brad Pitt and Sean Penn team up for this film from Terrence Malick (DAYS OF HEAVEN). The iconic director also chose newcomer Jessica Chastain to star in his movie.

Reviews
"Undeniably impressive....[A] complex, extraordinarily ambitious and years-in-the-making new feature..." (Los Angeles Times)

4.5 stars out of 5 -- " Aggressively impressionistic and unapologetically spiritual, Malick's long-gestating meditation on the meaning of life is, if nothing else, a singularly original and deeply personal film..." (Box Office)

"THE TREE OF LIFE is a free-form meditation....The three central, primal portraits -- father, mother, first-born child -- are astonishingly vivid, especially since they're not conventional performances..." (Wall Street Journal)

4 stars out of 4 -- "[A] film of vast ambition and deep humility....THE TREE OF LIFE has awe-inspiring visuals..." (Chicago Sun-Times)

"With disarming sincerity and daunting formal sophistication, THE TREE OF LIFE ponders some of the hardest and most persistent questions, the kind that leave adults speechless when children ask them." (New York Times)

3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Shot with a poet's eye, Malick's film is a groundbreaker, a personal vision that dares to reach for the stars." (Rolling Stone)

"Malick clings to the promise of grace: His vision of the afterlife is a dreamy beach, enhanced by an excellent playlist of fine classical music, and promising the peace that surpasses all understanding." -- Grade: B+ (Entertainment Weekly)

5 stars out of 5 -- "[With] wondrous, mind-blowing images....THE TREE OF LIFE is beautiful." (Total Film)

3 stars out of 5 -- "THE TREE OF LIFE pushes American cinema into regions uncharted since Stanley Kubrick's heyday." (Uncut)

"Malick, of course, is enough of a magician to craft breath-catching moments by the dozen..." (Sight and Sound)