- Sensibility: A change in character, some brotherly activities, and some moments of deep metaphor are hard to make sense of, but, honestly, it's worth sacrificing some reason for the sake of spirituality.
- Cinematography:Visually inspired throughout. Incredible interplay between nature and narrative. Sound design is also incredible and music choices and score pair perfectly. Unfortunately, with all the natural landscape and beauty, some cgi generated moments stand out even though it's fairly well done.
- Energy: Beautiful story tied with beautiful imagery and sound. The story reveals itself very slowly like a flower blooming, but the petals and display are worth the wait.
- Narrative: Beautiful, tragic, and numinous story about brotherhood, parenthood, and trauma. A sins of the father story unlike any other. However, a few moments of deep metaphor, particularly a dream sequence, aren't set with enough background to give them the meaningful punch they intended.
- T-Points: The film received four bonus points: one for a very strong opening sequence with an overhead shot of a forest, two for two separate conversations between brothers, and one for the interplay of natural elements with story-telling devices which made the film feel like it was being told by nature itself.
This film is really a home-run. There is something so great about the subtlety of the performances. It's rare now to see a modern film that is so deliberately slow and methodical in detailing the plot. This
film won't work for everyone, but it sure did for me.
Number of Watches: 1
