Terrence Malick’s The Tree Of Life Get’s A Rating

Here’s some great news for you – Terrence Malick’s The Tree Of Life has been officially rated by the MPAA. The film will be rated PG-13 for ‘some thematic material’. To be completely honest I don’t give a monkeys about the rating, I’m just happy someone has officially seen the film. Hope has finally held out its hand that we may will see this in 2010. Malick is quite possibly my favourite director, his films are deeply philosophical, rich and visually stunning. Since his debut film Badlands in 1973, Malick has only made three other films (Days Of Heaven, The Thin Red Line and The New World). I’m supremely confident his fifth will be as amazing, if not more so than his previous work, I don’t usually care for awards but I really hope Malick get’s some love for this. Hopefully we can get some stills and dare I say it a trailer in the next few months. Check out the synopsis below.

Our picture is a cosmic epic, a hymn to life. We trace the evolution of an eleven-year-old boy in the Midwest, Jack, one of three brothers. At first all seems marvelous to the child. He sees as his mother does, with the eyes of his soul. She represents the way of love and mercy, where the father tries to teach his son the world’s way, of putting oneself first. Each parent contends for his allegiance, and Jack must reconcile their claims. The picture darkens as he has his first glimpses of sickness, suffering and death. The world, once a thing of glory, becomes a labyrinth.

Framing this story is that of adult Jack, a lost soul in a modern world, seeking to discover amid the changing scenes of time that which does not change: the eternal scheme of which we are a part. When he sees all that has gone into our world’s preparation, each thing appears a miracle – precious, incomparable. Jack, with his new understanding, is able to forgive his father and take his first steps on the path of life. The story ends in hope, acknowledging the beauty and joy in all things, in the everyday and above all in the family — our first school — the only place that most of us learn the truth about the world and ourselves, or discover life’s single most important lesson, of unselfish love. The Tree Of Life is directed by Terrence Mallick and stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn.