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The Tree

The Tree

2010
Drama
1h 40m
The O'Neills lived happily in their house in the Australian countryside. That was until one day fate struck blindly, taking the life of Peter, the father, leaving his grief-stricken wife Dawn alone with their four children. Among them, eight-year-old Simone denies this reality. She is persuaded that her father still lives in the giant fig tree growing near their house and speaks to her through its leaves. But the tree becomes more and more invasive and threatens the house. (imdb)
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The Tree

2010
Drama
1h 40m
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Rated 04 Dec 2010
75
53rd
10 ekim 2010, filmekimi10, atlas, 11:00, cansuyla - duzgun islenilmis, sicak duygular birakan bir film.
Rated 29 Jan 2011
59
32nd
I expected much much more from the director of 'Since Otar Left'... Even though it has a brilliant idea and some powerful moments, this was mostly lousy filmmaking.
Rated 28 Feb 2011
1
2nd
One dimensional characters in a painfully predictable plot.
Rated 20 Mar 2011
62
53rd
I loved the tree they choose. It was majestic and fitted well to the story. Gainsbourg and small Morgana Davies were the body of the film. The environment was interesting and story started nicely, but it did not carry the entire movie. Unfortunately the latter half was already boring and did not give anything new for the story and the end was lame.
Rated 04 Apr 2011
67
33rd
Nice cinematography and setting, with a great bit of casting (for the tree). Touching, but a bit sentimental and the ending lets it down a little.
Rated 06 Aug 2011
20
41st
"While there's a fine line between the sacred and kitschy, Julie Bertuccelli's film nearly always falls on the latter half of the divide." - Andrew Schenker
Rated 24 Sep 2011
72
30th
A pleasant comedy-drama from Down Under, involving a widowed mother and her children in the months after the father's death. Magic realism creeps in when the daughter comes to believe that a huge tree houses her father's spirit. Charlotte Gainsbourg is solid as the mother, and the child actors (especially Morgana Davies as the daughter) are great. The story just doesn't add up to much, and a major reversal on the mother's part doesn't ring true. Well made in all departments, but unnecessary.
Rated 15 Nov 2011
57
24th
the ending made the movie seem way more self-important than it actually was. if that makes any sense. anyway, the ending was really out of tone and crappy.
Rated 18 Aug 2012
70
44th
A somewhat moving film about a family dealing with the sudden death of the father.The performance by Morgan Davies is very good and came off as what a child of her age would do in a similar sitution.I also liked how the filmakers gave this a natural feel in how the characters were depicted and how the film was paced.
Rated 18 Feb 2020
70
81st
It's an maginative depiction of grief and especially its subtler, longer lasting forms. Charlotte Gainsbourg is always great and doesn't disappoint here either. The kids are pretty obnoxious at times though.

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