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San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
At times trying and perplexing, but it also contains some of the most psychologically insightful and ecstatic filmmaking imaginable.
Frontiers of life (Fronteras de la vida)
The north of Chile with its dry land, is one of the most hostile places on the planet, nevertheless, with much effort some families dream of seeing their lives flourish here, like the family of Felipe, a boy who begins a solitary journey in search of the most precious resource, water.
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Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
The only other film I've seen with this boldness of vision is Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey," and it lacked Malick's fierce evocation of human feeling.
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Chicago Reader by J.R. Jones
A sense of reconciliation is Malick's great accomplishment in The Tree of Life, affording us equal wonder at grace and nature alike. 
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NPR by Bob Mondello
The film is gorgeous and abstract, leaping around in time and space, structured in movements and more like a symphony than a conventional narrative.
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USA Today by Claudia Puig
A shape-shifting film, it resembles a poem. At other moments, it is closer to a symphony. Most often, it approximates a fervent prayer.
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The New York Times by A.O. Scott
With disarming sincerity and daunting formal sophistication The Tree of Life ponders some of the hardest and most persistent questions, the kind that leave adults speechless when children ask them.
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The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias
In terms of scale, The Tree Of Life recalls the mammoth ambition of Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey," but it's also more intimate and personal than Malick's previous films, rooted in vivid memories of growing up in '50s Texas.
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Village Voice by Nick Pinkerton
Better than a masterpiece - whatever that is - The Tree of Life is an eruption of a movie, something to live with, think, and talk about afterward.
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Time Out by Keith Uhlich
The Tree of Life enthralls right from the start.
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Variety by Justin Chang
Result is pure-grade art cinema destined primarily for the delectation of Malick partisans and adventurous arthouse-goers.
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