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The New World

2005
Romance, Drama
2h 15m
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Rated 30 Jan 2011
90
95th
An absolutely stunning romance, wrapped up in VERY pretty paper. Malick delivers a glorious film that portrays 'love' in such a simple, and seemingly effortless way. So much is said here with touches, gazes, and without the clutter of words. Splendid.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
3
28th
The cinematography is beautiful, but that fails to change the fact that by my watch it was at least SEVENTEEN HOURS LONG
Rated 06 Feb 2011
84
93rd
There's some ineffable genius to Malick's handheld camera-work. I can't articulate it, but it feels magical and probing in a way no other director - except Kubrick during Hal's shutdown - has matched. The editing, too, is worth mentioning; totally unpredictable and emotional.
Rated 30 May 2011
78
74th
Visually, it's absolutely stunning and really managed to draw me into the setting. It was so easy to believe I was actually seeing images transported straight from the early 17th century. Too bad the voiceover rarely adds anything and the actual story isn't really that engrossing. But ye gods, it's so gorgeous it hurts.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
92
98th
There can only ever be very imperfect imaginings (that is, fictions) of that encounter between worlds, and between the worlds of individuals, that took place four hundred years ago at Jamestown, but we are unlikely ever to improve upon the beautiful, profound vision provided to us by Terrence Malick. It is also, perhaps, deceptively and fascinatingly self-conscious and ironic, if not indeed self-deconstructing. The “extended cut” is quite a bit better than the 135-minute cinema-release version.
Rated 02 Mar 2008
10
98th
(Second viewing) Simply amazing. "The New World" almost transcends the celluloid it was produced on. Exploration has perhaps never been prettier.
Rated 16 Mar 2008
84
83rd
Slower than a GMC Geo driving through a tar-pit with molasses for fuel. That said, it's one of the most exquisitely beautiful films ever made. Malick has no interest in pushing a political message through the film, in fact, there's little dialog here at all. The acting is excellent across the board, and it's nice to see a subdued performance from Bale after opposite extremes in Batman and The Machinist. Kilcher is a gem, and Farrell gives his best dramatic performance. Gorgeous.
Rated 12 May 2008
9
90th
A great art-house film that will be judged unfavorably, because people will label the slow pacing and limited dialogues as boring. But that didn't bother me at all. Kilcher's performance and Lubezki's cinematography are wonderful to behold and Malick hasn't lost his talent after so many years. The New World is a great piece of filmmaking.
Rated 04 Jan 2010
97
91st
I saw the Extended Cut and so should you. I put this off for far, far too long.
Rated 23 May 2011
95
96th
I didn't like this when i saw it originally, but I cozied up with that new 3 hour version and mmmm. MMM. I actually felt like I was watching these events happen instead of being acted out IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. Beautiful film. The last bit of the movie actually moved me, everything comes together perfectly and is accentuated even more by the phenomenal music I was so shocked a lil' tear formed.
Rated 04 Sep 2011
80
86th
A rewatch really helped this one. Malick, trying to answer Haddaway's legendary question, tells a very intimate, and quite beautiful, story about how Pocahontas came to understand love. Lubetzki is a magician.
Rated 16 Sep 2020
66
51st
Nobody seems willing to discuss the obvious Ent gaze at play in this film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
99
80th
It's not quite perfect, but when The New World works it's truly one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen, one man's dream vision of a lost world brought to life.
Rated 09 Feb 2008
95
98th
I love the extended cut.
Rated 13 Jun 2008
98
98th
The closest cinema has ever come to pure poetry.
Rated 04 Aug 2008
90
94th
May be the Mallick groupie talking, but this is insanely underrated critically and commercially.
Rated 06 Oct 2008
82
71st
Typical Malick -- contemplative passages where characters roam beautifully lush landscapes and reflect, via voiceover, on their lives, destinies, and the meaning of it all. Kind of like an enlightened mystic's dream. Great performances and an honest assessment of the early days of European settlement in America. I feel so bad for the Native Americans.
Rated 05 Dec 2008
6
95th
Q'Orianka is mesmerizing, words become meaningless.
Rated 12 Oct 2009
10
97th
Slow and majority of the film is quiet but still keeps you interested mainly because the cinematography was of a very high class. The story is told with the camera. If only Terrence Malick would make more films.
Rated 15 Jun 2010
6
98th
On Adam and Eve's inability to return from the bittersweet knowledge gained at the Tree of Life; on man's desire to stretch a brief moment into Infinity, or God, which are the same; on memory and love as truth, and all which shall impede them as a lie; on life as a spontaneous rush of images, which flicker through our consciousness like half-remembered dreams. A film that makes my heart swell while daring to break it. "Did you find your Indies, John? You shall." "...I may have sailed past them."
Rated 29 Jul 2010
75
79th
I have a feeling that this film deserves multiple viewings, in the extended, in the original, in the alternative version, before you can pass final judgement on this magnificent film.
Rated 14 Apr 2011
95
98th
Comes with that rare, meditative blend of depth and beauty that only Malick can pull off.
Rated 28 Apr 2007
95
98th
Hauntingly beautiful film. Each image is enchanting, it seems that there are no superfluous or ordinary shots. The tone set by the marvelous cinematography, where the camera is very much a participant in the action, is complemented by Horner's exquisite score. The plot is not especially original or compelling, but the interplay between characters and their worlds is compelling, climaxing in an ending that I found quite moving.
Rated 18 Feb 2009
83
74th
A religious experience which silently communicates to you a new world: you see the land through the eyes of the natives, you move through air, you listen to grass. The situation is reversed during the visit to the pruned English garden, where again one world explains itself to the eyes of another.
Rated 01 Jan 2010
82
81st
Quite a looker, Kilcher is too (and delivers an astonishing performance considering she was fourteen). Drags a bit in the latter half, perfect example of a movie that doesn't end it just stops.
Rated 03 Jun 2010
100
97th
Malick evokes genuine emotion through staggering images of nature and humans amongst it. The story floats slowly somewhere between the stellar imagery, always present but never dominant. This is the only way to make an ancient story, such as Pocahontas, seem fresh. Or, rather, timeless.
Rated 03 Sep 2010
55
53rd
The acting, cinematography, score, set pieces, costumes, and photography are all quite impressive. However, I didn't enjoy Malick's choice and constant use of jump cuts and voice-overs. Also, even though the slow, cinematic approach is more impressive on a technical level, it left me feeling rather cold, and lacks some of the charm that other versions have captured.
Rated 03 Jan 2011
91
90th
it's simply beautiful and captivating. Terrence is at his best.
Rated 26 Jan 2011
5
93rd
Malick and Lubezki imbue this stranger in a strange land idyll with such breathtaking reverie of the natural order, it serves as a reminder that the new world is in fact made of brick and mortar. All is Heaven.
Rated 25 May 2011
87
77th
The best part for me was when the colonizers were besieged in the fort and all were going batshit insane.
Rated 30 May 2011
80
79th
Really beautiful cinematography. The atmosphere kinda moved me and the 3 hour running time didn't feel long.
Rated 23 Jun 2011
89
92nd
Every scene is filled with beautiful images. This is just as good as any of Malick's other films.
Rated 10 Jan 2013
95
96th
It is Malick's vision of the dream poem that we had seen in his first three films, rooted in nature and built on subtly ebbing and shifting moods, but now taken to its zenith. It is a film of astounding beauty, not just in its images and sounds, but also in its emotions, in the way Malick paints with moods, in the way it presents the world around us, in its look at love and life and longing. "Shall we not take what we are given?"
Rated 03 Mar 2013
95
91st
(Ext. Cut) A film of overwhelming beauty the like of which has never before been filmed. Malick is the king director of nature; evoking so much power and magic out of each shot. And he's also the king director of love; with this film being essentially an epic, three hour romantic poem.
Rated 12 Aug 2014
90
82nd
Beautifully costumed, and like a good Malick film, everyone is talking so softly they may as well not be saying anything.
Rated 23 Dec 2016
80
92nd
(Extended cut): Despite being longer, the extended cut is the superior film that allows scenes to flow freely rather than cut in a choppy style that reduces their emotional impact. It's a transitional effort for Malick: the gaps between time and space have widened, and there is a greater emphasis on montage which abstracts events in a non-linear fashion, tendencies that were pushed even further in future works. This speculative take on history is uneven, but it's singular, moody and dreamlike.
Rated 08 Jan 2019
80
57th
It's what you can expect from Malick and his poetic entity. The ignorance of both worlds are beautifully played out, and there's no question his views of nature are beyond fascinating. Certainly not accessible for everybody, but if you buy into it, it is less exhausting and more so intriguing.
Rated 02 Dec 2021
8
98th
finally saw the extended cut. way too short.
Rated 06 Sep 2022
95
91st
It's easy to discuss this film while referencing the great things Terrence Malick does: amazing photography and practical philosophy. But he's also a talented writer. Here he tells a political story that shows the on the ground first contact between two different cultures. And as romance, he achingly illustrates the choices that Pocahantas deals with--helped by an honorable Christian Bale character's strict code of ethics. This is an underrated entry in Malick's filmography. And what an ending.
Rated 17 Jan 2007
65
73rd
Good film.
Rated 24 Jul 2007
96
98th
This film is astonishingly beautiful.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
10th
Extremely boring, the visulas catch your eye at the begining but that soon fades as you realize there isn't much of a story to be told...or if there is it's a pretty dull one.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
98
71st
A gorgeous film with a captivating love story. Definitely not boring, as some say, just paced slower than most modern audiences can handle. Amazing acting by newcomer Q'Orianka Kilcher.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
83rd
Transcendent, spiritual and utterly breath-taking. Q'Orianka Kilcher is a phenomenal new talent. Lubezki's cinematography - some of the best DP work ever done.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
24th
I am glad I saw it (the "short" 135 min. version!) but I'd die if I had to watch it again. So hypnotically slow it's almost unbearable.
Rated 24 Oct 2007
100
98th
A haunting film with an amazing performance by the teen girl who plays Pocahantas. It makes you cry for the America we might have had.
Rated 10 Jul 2008
84
64th
Visually haunting, with strong performances all around the board. What action there is is reminiscent of The Thin Red Line: balletic and quick, epic in scale. I can`t help but notice that the film flags under the pointless, cheap voice-over which, to me personally, failed to make an emotional connection. A curiosity, and worth seeing, even if you think Malick`s style is not to your liking.
Rated 31 Oct 2008
85
84th
Slow, but beautiful
Rated 20 Dec 2008
18
4th
Didn't like it. Could be much better. Way too slow. The whole movie is a description of a world, of emotions, and however I first liked it how those voices told us what they felt, after half an hour I was yearning for some change in it.. Bad movie.
Rated 23 Feb 2009
98
99th
Brilliant and beautifully done. Malick does more with less and lets the thoughts of the participants and their surroundings tell the story. Highly Recommended.
Rated 09 Jul 2009
87
91st
Beautiful, introverted film with hardly any dialogue. It makes you observe without any obvious "message". Do not be put off by the presence of Colin Farrell, this is easily his best role.
Rated 20 Sep 2009
1
16th
Meaningless, pretentious, semi-intellectual 'poetry' at its worst. Resign, Malick.
Rated 01 Jan 2010
15
17th
A plodding bore set admidst the first...History couldn't be made more boring.
Rated 07 Mar 2010
9
93rd
Malick's second best film, but they are all great. I believe this is a film David Lean would've made had he somehow still been alive in 2005. Transports you to that world instantly and everything looks beautiful, as expected from Malick. Pacing didn't bug me, thought it suited the movie perfectly.
Rated 17 Apr 2010
90
97th
The shorter version is an abortion of the extended cut.
Rated 06 Jun 2010
87
87th
A lyrical mood, good performances and a strong, if slowly paced, story all make this a wonderfully enjoyable film but what lingers in my mind are the beautiful images of nature and life.
Rated 17 Oct 2010
40
97th
"The exquisiteness of The New World and how it reveals itself to its audience is flabbergasting...like a heretofore unknown cave painting impeccably preserved except for a few spots here and there eroded by time and nature." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 22 Dec 2010
5
69th
(Extended Edition) I'm really unsure about this one. On the one hand, I love Malick's minimalist approach. The striking and poetic photography is enough to carry all three hours of this film. Still, I thought much of what's done here was done much better in Days of Heaven. It retains that film's beauty and simplicity, but it also adds unnecessary bloat and sap which diminishes its effectiveness as both a drama and romance. Kilcher really is unbelievable, though.
Rated 16 May 2011
100
98th
Q'Orianka Kilcher is a beautiful dream of a woman in a story that made my heart ache.
Rated 20 Jun 2011
87
97th
Malick's allegory washes over you like a beautiful dream. It's elliptically constructed, with scenes overlapping, flowing into each other. The sound contributes hugely to the dreamlike atmosphere, with fragments of dialogue bleeding from other scenes, and even thoughts drifting in. Stunning.
Rated 06 Jul 2011
75
83rd
This was a good movie. The only problem is that it's also kind of depressing... I had to work after watching this!
Rated 07 Oct 2011
85
92nd
The mythical Pocahontas/Cpt. Smith love story has been disneyfied and played out. But that's no fault of Malick and even with this conventional fable there is wonderment and aesthetic beauty in abundance. The forest scenes of natives living and playing in contrast with the frothing at the mouth Englishmen is incredible. Colin Farrell was a rather dubious choice, his doe-eyed expressions and hip tattoos come close to ruining it. His screen time is salvaged by the strength of Kilcher's acting.
Rated 22 Oct 2012
99
97th
(172m cut.) Hypnotic, masterful collage telling a unique, impressionistic perspective of the relationship between Pocahontas and Captain John Smith. Malick's signature dreamy, abstract style meshes perfectly with his subject matter, giving the viewer opportunity to settle into a delightful reverie; awe-inspiring shots of the natural world makes this a must for big screen viewing. Performers are all terrific, but take a backseat to Malick's mastery of the cinematic language of visuals and sounds.
Rated 25 Sep 2013
15
16th
An exercise in pointlessness. The voice overs are unbearable.
Rated 08 Nov 2014
80
78th
It's nice to see Farrell in good movies considering I think he is pretty underrated overall. Q'orianka Kilcher was pretty great, and finding out she was only 14 when the movie was shot blew my mind. The ponderous whispery voice over became very grating to me by the end.
Rated 01 Feb 2015
95
90th
"Did you find your Indies, John? You shall." ~ "I may have sailed past them."
Rated 07 Nov 2015
57
15th
Dull, long and seemingly pointless. I enjoyed the setting, the production design and the nature shots. But the performances and story weren't anything special. I couldn't bear the meaningless voice overs and I felt there was no point to it all. There is no excitement and I could hardly care less about the characters. By the end I was just wondering how a film with such production design could have such an empty plot and characters. All in all not worth seeing.
Rated 02 Aug 2018
100
94th
Why can't all movies look this good? (172 min. cut)
Rated 03 May 2019
7
31st
This is another mtyhical take on the relationship of "pocahontas" and john smith at the settlement of Virginia. The story is again almost entirely focused on their relationship and their deep longings for eachother acted out in whispered soliloquies. I don't know why i expected something different. But if you don't know the story I suppose this film might be better than the others, if this sort of thing would interest you.
Rated 20 Jan 2020
80
89th
Nothing beats Terrence Malick. Stunning, meditative and enticing as always.
Rated 09 Jul 2020
75
81st
extended cut
Rated 11 Dec 2020
88
80th
Collin Farrell does not look good with long hair
Rated 03 Jan 2021
60
35th
Is this a love poem about nature, or a nature-filled poem about love? The scenery is so exquisite it borders on ephemeral, which is one of my few complaints: This is so much a "mood" movie, how much of it will I remember years from now?
Rated 29 Jan 2021
85
85th
a stunning film-
Rated 22 Dec 2006
75
48th
The first act or so is *incredible*, then it starts to fizzle. Never dips too far though.
Rated 08 Jan 2007
96
96th
One word: BEAUTIFUL. Everything about it is beautiful. ...and Christian Bale is AWESOME.
Rated 14 Jun 2007
75
45th
Stunning scenery, but a long and long and long, plodding story. Even for Mallick
Rated 30 Jul 2007
70
51st
Visually pretty nice, historically pretty poor. All the work the director spent on getting the language and culture right was undermined for me by smaller details. The primary actors were too attractive and charming and where did Matoaka get makeup and a razor to shave her pits and legs? Relies too much on John Smith's account and also has some deliberate falsehoods (Edward Wingfield was shot and killed?) But it's not such a bad watch.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
77
32nd
Not your typical narrative structure, but beautifully striking on the collective unconscious... I felt as if I was transported to the period, and were losing my "original innocence" with them... A meditation; A tone-poem that resonates with the sounds before electricity and engines...
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
76th
Visual pleasure.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
77th
A cinematic poem. The best film of 2005. Like a dream, in a way. SIGH !
Rated 14 Aug 2007
25
82nd
The final sequence (set to Wagner's wondrous Vorspiel) cements Malick's legacy, his finest moment as a filmmaker.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
92
97th
Malick's best film: a literate, impressionistic dialectic on imperialism and the doom of "the Naturals". If you give yourself in to it, you'll be surprised.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
77th
The cinematography alone is worth whatever you will pay to see this.It is bBeautifully shot and skillfully acted.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
93rd
Terrence Malick's best film since Days of Heaven. A romance that will make you question the very nature of love.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
58th
Doesn't hold together as well as Malick's other films, but still visually stunning, with fantastic performances from Farrell and particularly Kilcher, who is mesmerizing.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
91
98th
A great sensual film, but one where I have to lean forward the longer it goes to still hear its murmur.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
36th
Very nice camera but it is soooooo sloooow that I fell asleep for half an hour. No surprise I did not miss anything important in the story :(.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
35th
Too long, could have been better. Acting was great, but the script seemed flat.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
45
16th
great visuals and cinematography, but the story is so extremely slow and boring that i turned it off after what seemed hours when only one had passed
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
96th
Fantastic. A little liberal on the history, but beautifully filmed and amazingly acted. Kilcher is great in her first starring role.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
98
96th
Sweeping, gorgeous fable, carefully crafting the nexus between discovery and exploration. One of 2005's best and most misunderstood.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
78
24th
Stunning visuals help overcome the less than stellar story and the horrible acting of Colin Farrell. One of the visually beautiful films in the last several years.
Rated 14 Sep 2007
66
17th
Awesome scenery, awesome sets, fine acting, subpar story, extremely slow and boring... a mediocre film and nothing more. Best viewed at double speed.
Rated 16 Sep 2007
90
98th
Wonderful film with beautiful visuals and really good acting. I could have used some extra screen time before the second romance, but it's a small nitpick.
Rated 11 Nov 2007
100
90th
Right up there with 'Badlands' as Malick's best film. Completely ignored when it was released and that's too bad. Cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki cannot be beaten at all.
Rated 16 Nov 2007
90
96th
flawed, but lovely.
Rated 07 Jan 2008
94
94th
Simply beautiful in pretty much every way. The cinematography and score are just stunning. Go Malick!
Rated 02 Feb 2008
72
13th
Malick is usually brilliant but the voice-overs get a little annoying. Otherwise a heart-breaking romance basically.
Rated 14 Mar 2008
85
98th
The New World is a very ambient movie, a bit like looking out a window into another world and as such, it unfolds at a leisurely pace allowing the characters room to breathe and for the environment to exist without a purpose other than to be. If the viewer makes that leap into accepting the characters and world as real, the remainder is one of the most engaging and authentic stories I can recall.

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