by John Farr
Let me simply lead off with the sobering statistic that inspired this piece: While mindless dreck or kiddie fare like Thor, The Hangover - Part 2 or the latest Pirates Of The Caribbean installment all opened on around four thousand screens across the country, when at last a brilliant, provocative film for grown-ups gets produced -- Terrence Malick's The Tree Of Life -- it merited... are you ready... four screens. Doesn't this strike you as just a trifle lopsided?...[continued]
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