The Tree of Life

Theatrical - Limited 2011-05-26

Cast Brad Pitt Jessica Chastain Sean Penn Fiona Shaw Tye Sheridan
Directed by Terrence Malick

Box Office Gross: $54,700,000

Running Time: 139 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: River Road Entertainment

Genres: Drama Fantasy

JoBlo's Rating

8/10

Synopsis

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... See more 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.

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PLOT: Terrence Malick presents a stylized documentary about the origins of the universe and the beginnings of life on earth. REVIEW: A Terrence Malick film oftentimes can give viewers the sensation of watching an exquisitely crafted documentary. Perhaps that is...

Don’t feel bad, Sean Penn didn’t really get The Tree of Life either

Posted 15 years ago

Sean Penn didn’t do any press for Terrence Malick’s TREE OF LIFE (though he did make a brief red carpet appearance at the Cannes premiere) and now we may know why. In an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro, he...

Don’t expect a refund for The Tree of Life from The Avon Theater

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It’s fair to say that THE TREE OF LIFE has boggled some minds. Either it’s too over the top or people are giving director Terrence Malick praise for his visionary effort. I have yet to hear about anyone actually walking...

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Review: Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Terrence Malick presents a stylized documentary about the origins of the universe and the beginnings of life on earth. REVIEW: A Terrence Malick film oftentimes can give viewers the sensation of watching an exquisitely crafted documentary. Perhaps that is...

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Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life finally has a poster and official synopis

Posted 16 years ago

It’s good to finally get some new stuff from THE TREE OF LIFE. You know what isn’t so good? This poster. Maybe I expected too much? Or maybe it’s just that the house sticks out like a sore thumb. If...

Reese Witherspoon offered a part in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Scientology film

Posted 16 years ago

Paul Thomas Anderson will not give up on his Scientology film. Over the weekend, news came that Reese Witherspoon was offered a role to star in Anderson’s untitled film. Witherspoon would join Jeremy Renner and Philip Seymour Hoffman in a...

Brad Pitt talks about the Tree of Life

Posted 16 years ago

If you’ve been wondering what Brad Pitt’s been up to post-Basterds, he’s a part of TREE OF LIFE, a drama by Terrence Malick premiering at Cannes this year. Empire recently caught up with Pitt and got a few brief words...

A little something on Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life

Posted 16 years ago

TREE OF LIFE is another one of those films that everyone is waiting on. Well, news comes about the film, but it isn’t much. At the Indie Spirit awards, Apparition’s Bob Berney talks about his excitement for the next film...

Tree of Life in ’09?

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Will we see Terrence Malick’s TREE OF LIFE this year?? Apparently so, if ScreenDaily is to be believed! The film, starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, follows a man who struggles to come to terms with a childhood torn apart...

Pitt plants a Tree

Posted 19 years ago

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