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The Tree of Life

Nothing stands still.

6.7(3,446)20112h 19m11

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$32M
Box office
$54.7M
Language
English
  • sibling relationship
  • parent child relationship
  • afterlife
  • christianity
  • philosophy
  • tree
  • sun
  • texas
  • telegram
  • bible
  • surrealism
  • meteor

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Behind the camera

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)PG-1327 May 2011
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical12A(Fox Searchlight Pictures)8 Jul 2011
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG(Icon)30 Jun 2011
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical(eOne Films)17 Jun 2011
    • Physical11 Oct 2011
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical+1315 Dec 2011
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical(Filmladen)17 Jun 2011
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical(Belga Films)18 May 2011
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1012 Aug 2011
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical11(Filmcompagniet)19 May 2011
  • EstoniaEE

    • Theatrical9 Dec 2011
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1226 Aug 2011
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival16 May 2011
    • TheatricalTP(EuropaCorp)17 May 2011

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The Tree of Life was released on 17 May 2011.

Audience reviews

3
  • A

    Andres Gomez

    11/29/2013

    5/10

    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.

  • C

    CRCulver

    9/1/2018

    6/10

    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 world that awaits t…

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    6/19/2022

    4/10

    **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 film did very well …

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