The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956, in which the eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
Remarkable attempt to create an all-embracing vision of man's existence within the universe; if the result is successful is debatable, but it's no doubt an unforgettable cinematic experience.
Maltin**1/2: "A poetic meditation on the creation and continuum of life and man's place in it...Dotted with beautiful passages about childhood and a mother's unconditional love, but the fleeting shots of a meditative Penn, as the boy grown up, are elliptical and disconnected...and the shots of Earth's creation and evolution don't seem to jell with the rest of the picture. Deeply felt by writer-director Malick, but he withholds more than he shares with us in the audience."
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