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69 out of 100

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6.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 157 Ratings

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  • Starring: Christopher Plummer, Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher
  • Summary: The New World is a sweeping adventure set amidst the first encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Virginia settlement in 1607. Acclaimed filmmaker Terence Malick brings to life his own unique interpretation of the classic tale of Pocahontas and her relationships with adventurer John Smith and aristocrat John Rolfe. This woman's remarkable journey of love lost and found takes her from the untouched beauty of the Virginia wilderness to the upper crust of English socirty as we witness the dawn of a new America. (New Line Productions)… Expand
  • Director: Terrence Malick
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
  • Rating: PG-13
  • Runtime: 135 min
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    Pocahontas was given the gift of sensing the whole picture, and that is what Malick founds his film on, not tawdry stories of love and adventure. He is a visionary, and this story requires one.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    100
    In the end, it's a sweeping, important film that overturns everything you learned in school about the birth of this nation.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    60
    Malick's long, moody, diaphanous account of love and loss in 17th-century Jamestown--shot, more or less, on location--rarely achieves the symphonic grandeur it seeks. As an epic, it's monumentally slight.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 102
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 102
  3. Negative: 26 out of 102
  1. schrodinger
    10
    Terrence Malick is a genius and a real artist. Exactly... This film is lighter then The Thin Red Line, but The New World is an amazing philosophical orgasm. Long and slow, even so beautiful and never dull. Colin Farrell is a great actor, but the best was Christian Bale. The script is lyrical, the shot is wonderful. Need more?… Expand
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  2. RickK.
    5
    I agree with the main points: poor editing (scene cuts for example) and odd video clips just put in there for no reason really. It did build to somewhat of a climax than it just went downhill (right around the time christian bale and the pochahontas characters had the baby). You'd think they would've had a big confrontation with the colin farrel character and the new "couple" but it looked far too rushed, almost like they were trying their hardest to keep it right around 2 hours and the movie had to pay for it unfortunately... could've been way better.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. PaulP.
    3
    A real snoozer. The cinematography was great, but don't watch this if you want to stay awake.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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