Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life

[...]the film follows the childhood of Jack O'Brien (the youth played by a talented, unknown Hunter McCracken, and the adult Jack played by Sean Penn). [...]really a subordinate or reinforcing point, Malick later connects this empathy in the two young O'Brien brothers. [...]many significan...

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Published in:Cineaction! 2012-03, Vol.87 (87), p.34
Main Author: Moscato, M. G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
3-D films
Christianity
Malick, Terrence
Motion picture directors & producers
Motion pictures
Movie reviews
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Summary:[...]the film follows the childhood of Jack O'Brien (the youth played by a talented, unknown Hunter McCracken, and the adult Jack played by Sean Penn). [...]really a subordinate or reinforcing point, Malick later connects this empathy in the two young O'Brien brothers. [...]many significant moments in The Tree of Life occur within physical and/or symbolically juxtaposed proximity to water - such as Jack's own birth, which Malick uses to bring viewers back from the brink of an almost nihilistic worldview of the cosmos and humanity's uncertain place in such an unknowable scheme. [...]it truly is a mighty feat how Malick employs this main narrative (the human drama of jack and the O'Brien family).
ISSN:0826-9866
2562-2528