A Hidden Life (2019)
Directed By: Terrence Malick
Starring: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon
Rated: PG-13
Run Time: 2h 54m
TMM Score: 5 Stars
Strengths: Acting, Themes
Weakness: Length, Pacing
An Austrian who refuses to swear allegiance to Adolf Hitler during WW2 has his faith, his wife, his family, and his community put through the ultimate crucible as he faces the death penalty for treason.
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The New World (2005)
Directed By: Terrence Malick
Starring: Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, David Thewlis, Ben Mendelsohn
Rated: PG-13
Run Time: 2h 15m
TMM Score: 5
Strengths: Acting, Production Design, Cinematography
Weakness: None
When the British arrive in Virginia, they expect to find a new land teeming with gold and people who are outclassed in weaponry, religion, and culture. What they find instead is a young woman who discovers that not all new worlds are physical places.
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The Tree of Life (2011)
Directed by: Terrence Malick
Starring: Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Tye Sheridan, Sean Penn
Rated: PG-13 for Some Thematic Material
Running Time: 2 h 19 m
TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Visual Storytelling, Directing, Acting
WEAKNESSES: -
A young boy comes of age in Texas during the 1950s. His parents have two conflicting ways of looking at life.
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