The New World

Name: The New World
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Released: December 25, 2005
Duration: 135 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher

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THE NEW WORLD

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New Line Cinema | Release Date: December 25, 2005

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 andThe 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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23	#23 Most Discussed Movie of 2005
71	#71 Most Shared Movie of 2005

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Los Angeles Times - Carina Chocano

A work of breathtaking imagination, less a movie than a mode of transport, and in every sense a masterpiece. Read full review

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Boston Globe - Ty Burr

The New World is something I don't think I've ever seen before on a movie screen: an epic lyrical dialectic. Self-indulgent, gorgeous, maddening, grueling, ultimately transcendent, it's a Terrence Malick movie all the way, and possibly the director's most sustained work since 1972's "Badlands." Read full review

Baltimore Sun - Michael Sragow

Despite its haphazard rhythms and longueurs, The New World achieves an emotional payoff unlike anything else in Malick's work. It's all you think his movies are, and more. Read full review

ReelViews - James Berardinelli

The New World is beautiful and lyrical and, except for the ill-advised voiceovers, a treat for more than one of the senses. Read full review

USA Today - Mike Clark

Pocahontas catching us off-guard with an impromptu cartwheel isn't the knock-you-down brainstorm of Naomi Watts juggling for King Kong, but it's still deliciously inspired. Trouble is, the bit lasts two seconds, while the movie is a long "might have been" that's doomed to be buried in a flurry of strong late-year releases. Read full review

Village Voice - J. Hoberman

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. Read full review

The New Republic - Stanley Kauffmann

Malick continues to float along the edge of the American film world as an unusually intelligent personage who occasionally delivers the fruit of his meditations. But his role as adjunct philosophe is better than the films he eventually gives us. Read full review

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StephenZ.

Jan 22, 2006

Breathtakingly beautiful, amazing how a film can reimagine history.

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W.Glen

Feb 3, 2006

This is a singular work of genius. Brilliantly conceived and executed as only few in the history of movie making have been--it has displaced one from my list of the ten best movies I have ever seen. My full essay critiique would contain only superlatives. The artistry is sublime throughout This is a singular work of genius. Brilliantly conceived and executed as only few in the history of movie making have been--it has displaced one from my list of the ten best movies I have ever seen. My full essay critiique would contain only superlatives. The artistry is sublime throughout in all dimensions.… Expand

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schrodinger

Nov 30, 2011

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 isTerrence 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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RichL.

Apr 1, 2006

Transcendent moments of beauty shower The New World with a pure joy, not based on explosive plot jolting, but on purity itself.

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[Anonymous]

Aug 19, 2006

Ironically, Malick's direction is what undermines this film's potential. His muddled narrative and overuse of long shots slows the whole thing to a beautiful, but dull bore. Of course, the cinematography brings about some redeeming moments, especially those gorgeous shots of the Ironically, Malick's direction is what undermines this film's potential. His muddled narrative and overuse of long shots slows the whole thing to a beautiful, but dull bore. Of course, the cinematography brings about some redeeming moments, especially those gorgeous shots of the sunset over water, but ultimately, Terrence Malick's own direction sinks the project in dullness. Sure, Malick has his own taste, but its because of that taste that his films don't earn much. Only for those with the greatst patience.… Expand

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JayD

May 8, 2006

This movie flows as smoothly as a bunch of jagged rocks! The scenery, music, story line, and the performance by Q'Orianka Kilcher were all thumbs up; however, Terrence Malick was somehow able to turn this film into a newly bought "Rubik's Cube". So, I give thanks to the director This movie flows as smoothly as a bunch of jagged rocks! The scenery, music, story line, and the performance by Q'Orianka Kilcher were all thumbs up; however, Terrence Malick was somehow able to turn this film into a newly bought "Rubik's Cube". So, I give thanks to the director for turning what could've been 2 hours of enjoyment into a -sadly- waste of time.… Expand

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SamJ.

Jan 22, 2006

A ponderous, vacuous and pointless film...best film of the year??? Next joke....maybe the worst!

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