August Schellenberg, Christian Bale, Christopher Plummer
This epic adventure is set amid the encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Settlement in 1607. Inspired by the legend of John Smith and Pocahontas, thi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 9, 2006
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February 17, 2009Quite a beautiful film, both in storyline and scenery. The film (although narrated in parts) was left rather a lot to visual explanation, rather than dialogue, which worked well (especially as I wasn?t particularly blown away by Colin Farrell?s accent).
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February 2, 2009"Love...shall we deny it when it visits us...shall we not take what we are given."
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October 15, 2008Note: This is a review of the extended version
Terrence Malick is notorious for a few things. First, his famous 20 year absence from filmmaking. Second, he's always rushing around at the last minute tinkering with his films. The New World was released first in a longer cut which...( read more) -
September 24, 2008I have said before that I hate when a film leans over its style rather than the story, but I have to acknowledge the talent behind Terrence Malick. The poetic nature, meticulousness and preciosities of this filmmaker's style tend to be demanding and even burdensome, but what he d...( read more)
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September 12, 2008Malick focuses too much on his exterior shots which hinders the development of the plot, the dialogue is sparse and it often gets interrupted by Malick's obsession with filming random nature shots, they are pretty though.
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November 10, 2009LETTERBOX. Una de las películas más hermosas de los últimos tiempos, aunque dispareja. Su tono poético no se adecúa a todas las situaciones y a veces resulta forzado. Por otra parte, Colin Farrell hace lo que puede, pero no era apto para el papel. / One of the most beautiful film...( read more)
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November 7, 2009I enjoyed the theatrical release of this film, but the extended cut is truly wonderful. The cinematography alone is so beautiful and poetic that were it a silent film I would probably find it just as captivating.
It definitely won't be for everyone and the pacing will no doubt ...( read more) -
November 4, 2009terrence malick hit the spot again, this time with a movie based on history.,
this is just like the thin red line: beautiful, artistic, deep, and insightful, only this time malick shows his great vision about life in the smaller scope.,
again, malick doesn't do action or fluff wh...( read more) -
October 22, 2009Terrence Malick is one of the greatest american poets of the silver screen, and as such, you have to give him time and space to appreciate his canvases.
You also have to look for symbolisms, and meaning in simple shots- why, for example, would he focus on just an old wooden chai...( read more) -
October 8, 2009Saw it in Canadian History class today at school. It wasn't too bad, but a lot of the cuts and transitions aren't that well done.
However, I did like how most of it was voiceover and that there wasn't much dialog. Not many movies do that these days.
Critic Reviews
January 20, 2006
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
January 20, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Through elliptical and seemingly oblique methods, he [Malick] forges moments of staggering emotional power. full review
January 19, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The ponderous narrative lacks so much focus that it will likely leave most viewers squirming in their seats. full review
January 19, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
He [ Terrence Malick] is a visionary, and this story requires one. full review
December 22, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Terrence Malick may not care much for people, but he never met a tree he didn't like. full review
December 20, 2005
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
The lesson is as clear as rainwater: to the innocent eye, ripe for marvelling, every world is new. full review
December 16, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
An unqualified masterwork...[that] feels less like a manipulative man-made construction than like a piece of organically produced art. full review
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January 11, 2009Absolutely amazing.. It is movies like this one that makes me proud of Hollywood. Film making is supposed to be art, and this movie represents that. I am sorry, but whoever trash talks this movie, is sort of immature in my eyes.
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January 7, 2009i think its very artistic movie and has great effect from true love and the fact of life this movie theached me that reality of life is so different from dream and what is true love without sex pelationship
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September 21, 2007Beautiful peice of art he touches her and looks at her the way every man should to a woman, he doesn't fall in love with her body but her and her soul!!! Its sad that they grew apart and in the end she chooses as different path but sometimes a beautiful picture is painted not for you to enjoy it but for you to move on to the next one and only by looking at the first can you fully appreicate, understand, and love the second!!!!! If you can't understand that then your missing the entire aspect of life and its meaning! Beautiful music and a tender story (I've watched it millions of times!!!!) Always the same butterflies in my stomach completley and utterly stunning!!!
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March 13, 2007omg Exile89 you hit it on the head.
there was no dialogue, and what there was i didnt understand! you had to rely on the cinematrography to know what was going on and with all the arty shots of nothing even that was hard to follow.
and you had no idea about how much time had passed i mean come on, shots to distinguish that its a different time are easy to through in!
and not ending up with john smith in the end is was just icing on the cake.
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March 13, 2007
i can understand why people like this film. i can apreciate the shot compostion, it was really beautiful, but it was boring as hell! it was soo slow, if it was me i would cut about an hour off it, cause all the arty shots were just boring! and i appreciate arty films, i like things that are artistcally challenging (i study media i have to look at that sorta thing all the time, hey were making an arthouse short film now) but this was just badly done, and from a director with that many years under his belt id expect a lot more!
after the whole extended bit of him living with the indians, i just ended up amusing my self by comparing the movie to Pocahontus, and finding reasons why the disney one was better. i was watching it with my dad and he were doing the same thing. by the time they got to engliand we was like "where's all the songs? and the talking tree? raccon?' but then hey they landed and their was a dog, and their was the racoon in a cage! the movie was just a bad Pochontus. -
January 28, 2007Don't you think the reason why this movie rebukes (apparently) so many viewers is because they expect an epic tale of clashing civilizations, a romance of star-crossed lovers or a novel about the first European settlements in America, and get instead a poem about trees, organic growth and the discovery and acceptance of the self and of one's place in the universe (which is very different from "resignation")? It might be judicious to see it that way before debunking it on criteria (slow, contemplative pace, few direct dialogues and such) which do not apply to it.
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January 20, 2007I can appreciate all comments on the daring aspect of the film. Its bold in its scope and accurate representation of fact. However when watching it the only thing i have seen before that i can liken it too is a 2hour long perfume commercial; Well not the entire film of course but there were these points throughout the film when he was learning the ways of the indians, when the sun is shooting through the trees and he is holding the indian women in his arms yadda yadda and i just expected it to go "Calvin Klein" or something. Don't get me wrong i appreciate the effort, and liked the contrast between the settlers and the natives, but it prob is the worst film i've seen in along time...and i've seen american dreamz another terrible film so thats saying something
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November 15, 2006how come Q'Orianka Kilcher is not on the actors list? she was amazing in this film especially seeing as she was only 14 when they started filming it!!!
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