Malick is employing his usual style of montage and voice-over narration but in a new, contemporary setting that makes Wonder feel like his most vital work in years.
Overview
Neil is torn between two loves: Marina, the European woman who comes to the United States to be with him, and Jane, the old flame from his hometown he reconnects with. Neil’s doubts about his life and loves are reflected in the crisis of faith experienced by Father Quintana, who only sees pain and the loss of hope in the world.
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Top critics, in their words
Love is a many-splendored thing, except when it isn't in To the Wonder, a wispy romantic movie about the death of a romance.
What is most affecting is Malick's intent. He plainly devised the story to give him a series of panels for the expression of feeling.
The movie plays like an undercooked pie that hasn't had enough time to cool and settle.
Essentially it's an agglomeration of Malick's worst stylistic annoyances.
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