Nothing stands still.
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.
- 6.7
- 2011
- Released
- 2h 19m
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
ArchitectJessica Fuselier
GuideKelly Koonce
Father HaynesBryce Boudoin
RobertJimmy Donaldson
JimmyKameron Vaughn
CaylerCole Cockburn
Harry BatesDustin Allen
George WalshBrayden Whisenhunt
Jo Bates
Joanna Going
Jack's Wife
Irene Bedard
MessengerMichael Koeth
Jack @ 2Finnegan Williams
Jack @ 5John Howell
R. L. @ 2Samantha Martinez
Samantha
Savannah Welch
Mrs. Kimball
Tamara Jolaine
Mrs. StoneJulia M. Smith
BethAnne Nabors
Rue
Ryan Melton
PrisonerTyler Thomas
Tyler Stone
Michael Showers
Mr. Brown
Kimberly Whalen
Mrs. BrownMargaret Hoard
Jane
Wally Welch
ClergymanHudson Lee Long
Mr. Bagley
Michael Dixon
Dusty WalshWilliam Hardy
Jack's Work ColleagueTommy Hollis
TommyCooper Franklin Sutherland
Robert #2John Cyrier
Bi-Plane PilotErma Lee Alexander
ErmaNicholas Yedinak
Nicholas SwimmerErinn Allison
Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
Mary Anzalone
School Teacher (uncredited)Charlotte Biggs
1950s' Woman (uncredited)
Benjamin Dane
Symphony Patron (uncredited)Michael E. Harvey
Lame Man (uncredited)Matt Hislope
Clown (uncredited)
Jackson Hurst
Uncle Ray (uncredited)Zach Irsik
Jack's Son (uncredited)Scottie Jefferies
Businessman (uncredited)
Gregory Kelly
Prisoner (uncredited)
Carlotta Maggiorana
Ragazza-angelo (uncredited)
Crystal Mantecon
Elisa (uncredited)
Jodie Moore
Mr. Walsh (uncredited)Kathryn Rawson
Capitol Secretary (uncredited)Danielle Rene
Woman (uncredited)
Debbi Tucker
Neighbor (uncredited)
Released
en
$32,000,000.00
$54,700,000.00
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Reviews
**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
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
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.