A White-Knuckled Meditation on Life

Rating: 10/10 (29 June 2018)

Pure gold.
Each time I watch this film I am surprised at the amount of suspended intensity. It feels like I'm holding my breath for 50% of the run-time. And the other half is split between the most gorgeous depictions of space you've ever seen (required HD viewing), and a deeply personal meditation on what it means to be alive; the ability and privilege to pray, to walk, and to keep going despite how tough it gets (both physically and emotionally) ...all innately bestowed upon each person from the womb.
There is so much to praise here, from experiencing the weightlessness of space by Emmanuel Lubezki's floating unbroken takes...to the beautiful metaphor of birth.
One of the biggest regrets of my life is not watching this in theaters.
It may rely heavily on CG, and it may not have an intricately developed plot, but I firmly believe that this is one of the greatest films.