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The Tree of Life (2011)
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Terrence Malick puts a family's grief beside images of cosmic creation, a reach that can feel exhilarating or emotionally evasive. The tactile childhood fragments are my way in; the monumental framing sometimes pushes me out. Try it if associative memory interests you more than a steady line of dramatic explanation.
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About The Tree of Life
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.