Movie review: The Tree of Life
Genre: Drama
Opens locally Friday, June 10th, 2011 ( check for showtimes )
Run Time: 2 hours 18 minutes, Rated PG-13
Starring: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken
Written & Directed by Terrence Malick (Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line)
To say that Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" starts at the beginning, would be an understatement. Malick, as you may or may not know, is an Oscar-nominated director, a visionary expressionist responsible for directing only 5 films over his 38 year career. He is one of those "artsy" directors, not known for his commercial success by any means. Malick's films seem to be painted works of art rather than "Point A to Point B" films like most audience members are accustomed to. His films are meant to be hung on a wall in a museum, while you stare into the abstract and arrive at a hidden meaning, if any, that lies within the canvas.
But if you're the type who looks at a painting and just sees colors, Malick's "The Tree of Life" may be a frustrating pill to swallow. It's not a matter of intelligence...you could be a rocket scientist and you may still miss the point of this cerebral film. I'm not claiming to fully understand it, or even to partially understand it. But watching "The Tree of Life" definitely isn't your ideal "night at the movies," nor is it a film I'd ever care to see again. Like a painting, you kind of nod your head knowingly and tilted to the side, and maybe go "huh" a few times...you appreciate the genious and the complexity even though you don't have a full understanding of the meaning...or even more accurate, you could give a damn to the meaning.
So what the hell am I talking about? "The Tree of Life" is a film that does move forward, it's not as if there is no plot structure whatsoever. Brad Pitt plays a father of a 1950s family. He's a tough, disciplinarian-type of father that must have been typical in the 50s since this is the only type of father ever portrayed in movies or TV from the era. Jessica Chastain is the angelic and sub-serviant wife, and mother of 3 boys. One of the boys, Jack (played by McCracken for most of the fiilm and by Sean Penn in flash-forwards), is at the center of the film, and the relationship between father and son is the pivotal theme.
I should have suspected something when there was a sign at the theatre that said "no refunds will be given for 'The Tree of Life' after the first 20 minutes." It's at that point in the movie where things get truly spiritual and avant garde, or as some would say, confusing and boring. Set to operatic music, I was reminded of "2001: A Space Odyssey" when a large portion of "The Tree of Life" starts to show the creation of the world as we know it. Minutes earlier, we had witnessed a tragic family announcement, and 5 or 10 minutes later, after watching a series of abstract colors and shapes flash on the screen, we witness dinosaurs. These scenes seemingly went on forever, before leading us right up to the 1950s and our family of 5.
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