Terrence Malick, the acclaimed director of such classic films as Badlands, Days Of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, proves himself another round. Yes, it has an all-star cast (Sean Penn, Brad Pitt), but has little to do with line deliverance's and facial expression execution. The script come secondary to the cinematography that truly creates The Tree of Life. An impressionistic story of a midwestern family in the 1950′s that uses a constant metaphor of evolution, primal ism, and Americanism. Questions are proposed that many children and adults ask throughout their lifespan regarding religion and who it is that they should turn to in times of mourn; a young boy's fear of depression sparks at an early age, as shadows begin to unfold his predetermined future. The Tree of Life shows the human race at its most glorious moments and weakest hours; death is vaporized and birth is celebrated with the constant rise and fall of the sun. "A film of such aesthetic sublimity that it is almost a holy thing itself."
And a film for all those who are willing to examine the span of life beyond what we conclude in our simple minds. Images caught from the deepest crevasses of the earth's surface to the galactic space and cellular reproduction of humans. The photography is mesmerizing, and the story... is one that may feel oddly familiar.
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