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User review rating: 0 July 05, 2011

Disjointed, depressing, confusing. What was he thinking? Leaves you exhausted!

User review rating: 5 July 05, 2011

Greatest American film since Citizen Kane.

User review rating: 5 July 01, 2011

Fantasic film. However, there is no narative, and this will be difficult for some to sit through.

User review rating: 5 June 30, 2011

There is no story in this film...you've been warned. Transformers 3 is playing in the theatre to your right!

User review rating: 1 June 27, 2011

The worst ever. I felt like a chump for sitting through the entire painful experience. At one point I woke up to see dinosaurs - no kidding! I thought I had slept through the whole thing (which would have been merciful) only to wake up in Jurassic Park. Makes Ed Wood look like a cinematic genius.

User review rating: 1 June 26, 2011

Really!!! Worst movie. Don't waste your time and money on this movie.

User review rating: 0 June 26, 2011

The biggest waste of time. I should have donated the price of the ticket to charity.

User review rating: 1 June 26, 2011

more confusing than 2001 A Space Odyssey

User review rating: 5 June 26, 2011

Do not see this movie at Cineplex Sheppard. The brightness of the projector bulb in theatre #3 is set very low (likely to save money). Every scene in the movie appeared dark and faded. It took the grandeur out of the movie.

User review rating: 4 June 24, 2011

Like some of the negative reviewers, I was also tempted to walk out during the cosmos sequence. However, I'm glad I didn't because the second half of the movie perfectly complemented that sequence. The family scenes are engaging, symbolic and emotional without being over dramatic.

User review rating: 3 June 23, 2011

This is not a typical movie, it does not flow nicely in story form. It took a while to release a "movie" expectation and just go with the imagery, which was stunning, the music was perfect, as was the "acting" by the whole cast! But more of a dream sequence than a "movie". The audience seemed uncomfortable, and any crinkling of candy wrappers or popcorn was annoying, as was the snickering. Felt like a co-ed health class at times- general discomfort and relief when it was over. Interesting experience overall, but go in aware that this is not the usual movie experience!

User review rating: 4 June 23, 2011

This is a polarizing movie. Some call it a masterpiece and others say it's meaningless tripe. Unfortunately for both the answer's more complex. The cinematography is so gorgeous it would do Kubrick proud. I was literally breathless for some of the early scenes. Unfortunately for the people hailing "masterpiece," the movie suffers from a weakness in its message. The "nature vs. grace" motif doesn't ring true for a lot of people apparently. He's spot on for much of the details, which is why it's so unfortunate: there were glimmers of brilliance here and it MIGHT have been a masterpiece, if only he had something else to unify this movie. Or maybe nothing at all? Because that's the reas

User review rating: 5 June 23, 2011

I'm not surprised by the so called negative "user reviews". This film isn't for everyone, like the people who grossed the hangover part 2 to 250+ mill. You all forget "movies" are there to entertain you and "Films" are there to shape you, teach you, move you. Don't knock a brilliant artist's work just because you didn't get it.

User review rating: 5 June 22, 2011

As one might assume from the opening quote, this film is something like a 20th century retelling of Job. It starts suggesting quite a nihilistic worldview, but as it goes on, it grows in warmth and complexity. The narration has an interesting feature in its fluidity; I don't know how to put this but there are many times when it can seem as if it is not just the character speaking to themselves (or internally toward someone else, or toward God) but perhaps God talking to the world that s/he created-- which makes sense to me in that all of the narrators are creator figures (inventor/musician, mother, musician, architect, painter, imaginer, whatever). The God of the world has as much to learn a

User review rating: 1 June 22, 2011

If I could give it less than one star I would. This was such a boring, senseless movie with a lot of wasted time and, although brilliant and clever, yet very meaningless scenes that made you feel like you were watching the discovery channel. It resembles the rantings of someone who is high on something. It attempts to explain the meaning and help the viewer accept death. Sean Penn did as much acting as the dinosaurs. Like the other poster, we sat it out hoping to get some sense in the end but were disappointed as were the others in the audience. I guess the only moron is the poster who actually liked it. Now tell me one thing, why did the critics give this movie such good reviews and trick u

User review rating: 2 June 22, 2011

Bizarre reflection on life and death in a family, with excessive nature scenes inserted to supposedly make one think of life on a grand scale and questioning one's existence, God, etc. One tries hard to appreciate the people moments, and that is where it counts most... should be redone minus the stock scenic shots... (blah!)

User review rating: 1 June 21, 2011

One of the most lifeless film I've seen in a while.

User review rating: 1 June 18, 2011

Brad Pitt must have been hurting for a buck to appear in this film.

User review rating: 1 June 18, 2011

If this was a freebie on TV it would have been flicked off after the first 10 minutes. If I wanted to watch a documentary on photos taken by the Hubble space telescope, I would have switched on the Discovery Channel. This movie was a complete waste of two hours. I want my two hours back!!

User review rating: 1 June 14, 2011

Positively mind-numbing as well as too metaphysical and metaphorical. I sat it out thiking/hoping that I'd be rewarded with some sense being made of it in the end!!? Alas! it didn't happen!

User review rating: 1 June 13, 2011

The photography of the cosmos, landscapes and Mother Nature's impact on planet Earth was spectactular. Lots of people walked out after the first 30 minutes. At the end of the film, there was a lot of snickering because, the story was so jumbled. The low whispers of Jack could not be understood.

User review rating: 5 June 12, 2011

The last poster is a complete moron, obviously, to have walked out on such a brilliant film. Easily the most beautiful cinematography I've ever seen, Malick is a master filmmaker. This is his most ambitious work to date.

User review rating: 1 June 11, 2011

I wanted to shoot myself.

User review rating: 1 June 11, 2011

OMG - I want my money back, walked out, what a time waster.

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