The Tree of Life
"Nothing stands still."
DramaFantasy
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 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.
🎬 DirectorTerrence Malick
📅 Release2011-05-17
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioRiver Road Entertainment
🗳 Votes3,278
🔥 Popularity3
💰 Budget$32,000,000
💵 Revenue$54,700,000
🎭 Cast
Brad Pitt
Mr. O'Brien
Jessica Chastain
Mrs. O'Brien
Hunter McCracken
Young Jack
Sean Penn
Jack
Fiona Shaw
Grandmother
Tye Sheridan
Steve
Laramie Eppler
R.L.
Will Wallace
Architect
Nicolas Gonda
Mr. Reynolds
Jessica Fuselier
Guide
Kelly Koonce
Father Haynes
Bryce Boudoin
Robert
Jimmy Donaldson
Jimmy
Kameron Vaughn
Cayler
Cole Cockburn
Harry Bates
🎥 Crew
InternTrey Edward Shults
DirectorTerrence Malick
WriterTerrence Malick
Associate ProducerSandhya Shardanand
Co-Executive ProducerSteve Schwartz
Co-Executive ProducerPaula Mae Schwartz
Line ProducerSusan Kirr
Line ProducerCarlo Hintermann
Co-ProducerNicolas Gonda
Associate ProducerIvan Bess
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🏷 Keywords
sibling relationshipparent child relationshipafterlifechristianityphilosophytreesuntexastelegrambiblesurrealismmeteor
💬 Reviews
A movie that wants to mean more than what is actually telling. Taking a lot of things borrowed from 2001, it doesn't even come close to have such a deep an interesting meaning.…
Terrence Malick's <i>The Tree of Life</i> is an attempt to inject some cosmic wonder into the most mundane American story. In the 1950s, two parents bring up three boys in an American white middle-class, small-town existence. The mother (Jessica Chastain) radiates love and warmth, while the father (Brad Pitt) feels the obligation to be cold and distant in order to prepare his sons for the cruel…
**Visually grandiose and made with true technical and artistic mastery, it is a film with difficult and indigestible themes, which will scare the audience with its slowness and tiring atmosphere.** There are films that are made for some audiences and not for most people, the general public. This film is one of them: being what it is, it doesn't even try to capture our sympathy or attention. The…
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