To the Wonder

"Flaws and all, this is ravishing, distrib-worthy work from a filmmaker who hasn't lost his capacity to move and surprise."

"A brave, soul-stirring and sensitive work."

"Arty for sure, but for the first time, its maker is working with anxieties we all feel. Let's hope this Malick sticks around for a while."

"Malick's insistence on finding a cinematic idiom that connects beauty to ultimate truth is noble and sincere. But the fine intentions pave a road to puzzlement, not awe."

"Many will be dissatisfied by a film that would rather evoke than supply. I understand that, and I think Terrence Malick does, too. But here he has attempted to reach more deeply than that: to reach beneath the surface, and find the soul in need."

"Comes off, especially in the laborious second hour, as visual doodling without focused thematic goals."

"100 per cent pure, unadulterated Malick, an absorbing, thoughtful, moving meditation on the things that matter."