The Tree of Life

Nothing Stands Still

The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. He finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick's signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life. The film has been compared favourably with Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, although they films are very different, they both examine big issues.

138 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 13.
Drama, Period piece, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Tye Sheridan, Diona Shaw
Director	Terrence Malick
Screenplay	Terrence Malick
Music	Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography	Emmanuel Lubezki
Editing	Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Bill Weber, Mark Yoshikawa
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2011
Produced by	Cottonwood Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, River Road Entertainment

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Mild: once Hell, no impact
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Mild emotional verbal violence
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Helen Herimbi Examining the making of men	5
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi 'Tree of Life' is soos 'n maalstroom	10
Box Office Wade Major Much like Stanley Kubrick's landmark 2001: A Space Odyssey (to which it will invariably be both fairly and unfairly compared), Terrence Malick's hotly-anticipated The Tree of Life should be fodder for considerable artistic and philosophical debate for many years to come, leaving its proper place in film history more at the mercy of indeterminate longevity than the immediacy of box office or even knee-jerk critical reaction.	18
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life is a film of vast ambition and deep humility, attempting no less than to encompass all of existence and view it through the prism of a few infinitesimal lives.	20
ScreenIt C. Fuchs I have no idea how I'd react upon a second viewing, but after a first, I can say I'll lean toward the grace side rather than ripping it apart as nature would have it.	12
Metacritic.com 43 critics	17
Rottentomatoes critics 222 critics	16
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Terrence Malick's singularly deliberate style may prove unrewarding for some, but for patient viewers, Tree of Life is an emotional as well as visual treat.	17
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	16
Movie Review Intelligence 51 critics	16
What the People say
Internet 14907 Netizens Haunting.	16
Average .. 74%	15