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(1 - 37) of 37 OFCS Rating: 59% Rotten Page   1   D- "Only Terrence Malick could get away with this."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark A- "Kilcher is pitch-perfect as the iconic Native-American, and the character's slowly dwindling life essence is one of the most heartbreaking character arcs I've seen this year."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf 3/5 "Is there a more frustrating living director than Terrence Malick?"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti "The New World is more mundane than Malick's previous films, in part because the myth it takes on remains disturbingly intact. "   PopPolitics.com   Cynthia Fuchs A "A film to be cherished."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 4/4 "The exquisiteness of The New World and how it reveals itself to its audience is flabbergasting...like a heretofore unknown cave painting impeccably preserved except for a few spots here and there eroded by time and nature."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B "It's a beautiful and difficult work of art."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 0/4 "If it were any more obtuse, The New World would be a flipbook where the moving picture was obscured by a thumb drawn over the stick figures."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress D+ "Malick comes out with a movie about once every ten years, but I think I've had about enough. You can keep him."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 2/4 "Malick's tranquil narrative is hopelessly ponderous and unravels in its tedious search for its adventurous niche. [Malick] should know how to motivate moviegoers beyond sparkling waterways and crisp blue skies."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng C- "Pretty much a mess--a woozy, sometimes inspired but mostly infuriating piece far more interested in conveying mood than information."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "Features an endearing Native American heroine whose playful spirit and yearning for love takes her on a journey far beyond her wildest imaginings."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat C- "In Malick's hands, Pocahontas' story becomes a metaphoric seduction straight out of Nabokov."   Modern Fabulousity   Gabriel Shanks 3/4 "It's a worthy effort, and recommended viewing for those who have interest."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/5 "Unfortunately, when you try to bring everything together, it’s hard to tell what Malick is trying to get at."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 3/4 "Saved by its intrepid character portrayals and an evocative sense of what-if? that pervades one of history's most enduring and storied love affairs."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 9/10 "Alludes not only to the discovery of physical land but also to the very nature of discovery itself."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 4/4 "The Terrence Malick masterpiece I, for one, have been waiting for."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito "Somewhere deep inside Terrence Malick's head, there is a beautiful movie playing. It may be a brilliant movie, but we'll never really know."   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards 2/5 "Word has it that director Malick pulled the film from distribution right after Christmas in order to cut it down by 17 minutes. If only he had cut out the other 133 as well."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 3/4 "Never less than astounding visually, but it lacks the consistency in vision of Malick's masterpieces."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest B "Malick has reimagined the popular American legend as an epic love story set across oceans and civilizations, a clash of nature versus industry in three parts. "   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2.5/4 "Reconceiving Pocahontas and Smith as symbols of the noble savage and the man tragically stunted by civilization's constraints isn't inherently truer than the legend."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh B+ "[Kilcher's] transformation from an innocent in Eden to a stranger in a strange land and back again is a remarkable bit of largely nonverbal acting."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer 7/10 "Malick's script reinforces some of the unlikely myths like Mataoaka's romance with John Smith and Mataoaka dramatically risking her life to save Smith's life. But like most Malick films it is also a finely painted portrait showing the smallness of man in"   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 3.5/4 "Not about the storytelling; a tone poem that sounds gorgeous"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes 5/5 "There are so many mysteries in this film, and Malick's greatest achievement was to suggest them without forcing answers on us."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. A "An unqualified masterwork...[that] feels less like a manipulative man-made construction than like a piece of organically produced art."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 2.5/5 "... while it's a big improvement on his previous effort, Malick seems like he’s still finding his bearings after that 20-year sabbatical."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 4.5/5 "The lack of sharply defined plot or characters will probably annoy mainstream filmgoers, but anyone looking for a thing of beauty will adore this."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "This stunningly beautiful film is mesmerizing to watch."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 3/4 "Admittedly slow moving but rapturous for history lovers enamored by the period when our beloved country held the promise of a fresh start."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell "Terrence Malick may not care much for people, but he never met a tree he didn't like."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek B "Malick's painterly images and meditative voiceovers are not for me the overwhelming force of nature they are for some, but I'm willing to be swept along by them, if what they have to say is potent enough."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 6/10 "Malick relishes poetic imagery the way others devour plot and characters. This is lyrical, meditative and sumptuous but sleep-inducing, like "Pocahontas" minus the songs."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 3/4 "The famously elusive filmmaker transforms the legendary story of Captain John Smith and Pocahontas into a poetic, ravishingly beautiful meditation on the collision of two cultures in 17th century Virginia."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 4/4 "It's a fascinating conceit, this sticky idea that the complexities of the world are held in the walnut shell of Keats' beauty is truth and truth, beauty."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw  (1 - 37) of 37 OFCS Rating: 59% Rotten Page   1