To the Wonder

"Malick continues to take bold risks, courting ridicule and rapture in equal measure, with 'To the Wonder' (...) Those who can't abide Malick's spiritual reveries will steer clear, but flaws and all, this is a (...) work from a filmmaker who hasn't lost his capacity to move and surprise" 

"Perhaps there is a hidden rhythmic and thematic structure behind the facade of 'To the Wonder' (...) If so, however, it doesn’t assert itself meaningfully (...) a film that seems drained of life and ideas " 

"A beautifully empty exercise that - so glacial is the pace - makes Malick's Tree of Life look like G.I. Joe: Retaliation' (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)" 

"The film breaks faith with its audience by asking us to care about two profoundly antipathetic characters spouting pseudo-poetic banalities" 

"At its best, Malick's cinematic rhapsody is glorious; during his uncertain moments, he appears to be repeating himself. But what delight there is in this film (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)" 

"Less ambitious than 'The Tree Of Life', 'To The Wonder' remains 100 per cent pure, unadulterated Malick, an absorbing, thoughtful, moving meditation on the things that matter. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"