Otherworldly

Rating: 7/10 (20 April 2007)

A new world indeed and a new Terence Malick picture (at least his most recent complete one). It is a very spiritual movie and it is moving at a really slow pace. Even a turtle and/or a snail would be offended by the pacing. Seriously though, you have to let yourself relax and breathe ... like the movie does.
The newcomer Q'orianka who plays the main role here is great! She came to Berlin with the rest of the cast, to celebrate the movie at the Berline International Film Festival ... while she also had her birthday (she got 16 in 2006) and you never would've guessed it ... Women always seem more mature ... in fact they are ;o)
Anyway her performance elevates the movie, although it is awfully difficult to feel empathy for any other character portrayed in the movie (it's obvious that it's the intention of Malick to give them flaws), that's why I didn't like this movie as much as I have previous Malick films (not that there are many mind you! ;o)
If you can cope with the pace and the more than human characters, than you should watch this drama ...