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The Tufts Daily
Where you read it first | Tuesday, November 19, 2024

'To the Wonder' marred by nonsensical plot

 

To the Wonder" can only be described as pretty. The film made it seem like Terrence Malick had received a new Steadicam rig as a gift and had tried to use it for every single shot in his film. Sometimes used to keep pace with the dancing spirit of Marina (Olga Kurylenko) and other times wastefully used to spin around the silent presence of Neil (Ben Affleck), the flying camera reflects the torrent of poorly connected ideas pouring out of Malick's soul. After thirty minutes, however, you've had enough and it just makes you dizzy. This film is almost a satire of a Terrence Malick piece