The Tree of Life

More pretentious than profound. Pitt is very good as the conflicted father, but it's not a Tyler Durden-level of performance. It's part Discovery Channel (the dinosaurs parts are cool) and part indie drama. Call it the most expensive college film ever, it reminded me of times of short-film experiments I was doing in college; city vs nature, astronomical images. It's very impressionistic film, don't see it expecting much in the way of a linear plot, though there kinda is one. Penn does actually speak a few lines but basically they could have got any actor to do his part. The beach scene at the end is one of the most pretentious I've ever seen in a movie. If you want profound, see Enter the Void. Overall, only 2 out of 5 microbrews for The Tree of Life.