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Best movie of this year hands down!

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

I just finished watching The Tree, and I can not describe the feeling that I have. This was truly a beautiful film, so touching and heartfelt. If you are expecting a tear jerking drama, then The Tree will not deliver what you want. The Tree has its sad moments, but it more focus's on the happier moments. The acting is very well done, the cinematography is stunning and the musical score is brilliant. Also, Morgana Davies is adorable! I can't wait to see how far she goes.I highly suggest you sit down and watch the tree, it will give you a very warm feeling inside! 9/10

Sometime i feel alone in this world...and when I saw that this movie only had 6.6, it really just proved it again.Enough is enough, I had to find my old password in order to log in, and vote 10, and of course, to write this review.This movie is a masterpiece. It has some of the most wonderful pictures, cuts and acting I've ever seen. The acting is so psychological correct, that you forget all about you are watching a movie. Instead you feel like a fly on the wall. The only place were i lost my focus to the movie, where when I think: Where did they find that girl? (Simone) I found out later that more than 200 girls were auditioned to find her. This does not necessarily mean she, Morgana Davies, is excellent, but...she just is. I will bet what i have in my pockets, that this girl just has started a carrier, like Nathalie Portman did in Leon, this is her phantom star. Surely a great carrier is waiting.But, let us not loose our focus from the movie. If you are a deep person, who loves themes like: family, the unexplained, loyalty, love, and great moving pictures, spiced with the best acting in cinemas right now...then go and buy this movie, and give it to your friend to enjoy it after wards.I will "only" give it 9 though..just because of movies like Braveheart, La Vita e Bella and The Matrix still exists :) Peace E

Bereavement happening to a young family is double-edged. In one way is particularly sad. However, the strength of recovery is stronger. This movie takes an intimate unpretentious look at such a family during the year following the tragedy.The opening scene, almost like a prologue, shows a not-quite-forty-ish couple Dawn and Peter sharing a few intimate moments in a serene evening on a hammock in the front yard of their somewhat Spartan house in the Australian Outback. The next scene, after the title display, shows Peter on his regular job, a short trip hauling a prefab house to whatever destination. Job done, Peter a short way from home is met by 8-year-old Simone (who later in the movie claims to be his favourite child). Upon reaching home, Peter stumbles onto the steering wheel, Simone frantically calls for help and everybody rushes out from the house, to find their loved one beyond revival from a sudden heart attack. All of the above take place within the first dew minutes of the movie.During the funeral, we find out more about the family of 4 children. Teenage Tim suddenly finds that he becomes the man of the family. Lou is about Simone's age, the natural sibling rival. They accuse each other of trying to gain attention (pretty mature psychology from these two kids) – Lou's cutting his hair short and Simone's climbing up a gigantic Moreton Bay fig tree just in front of their house. Charles is only a little more than a toddler.Dawn's initial depression is understandable, as is her recovery. While the movie is largely character driven, there are two main plot elements. One is Dawn finding a job as a clerk-of-all-trade in a plumbing store owned by a man named George. Although it is only 8 months after the bereavement, Dawn is after all relatively young. The development of a romantic relationship is understandable, as George is really a nice guy. He I also an ideal father substitute, but there are two problems: it's too soon, and he is NOT Peter. (This somehow reminds me of a recent re-watch of Indiana Jones 4 on TV, when he told the rediscovered Marion that he has had several romantic encounters after her but the women all had the same problem, "They're not you, honey"). While the other kids accept George, Simone is the one that feels so strongly about this that there simply can be no compromise.The other, titular, plot element is the aforementioned tree that Simone takes to climbing up, talking to, and even sleeping on. She even seems to have convinced Dawn that Peter's spirit dwells in the tree. And it's up to the audiences' interpretation – whether mother and daughter's communication with the tree is a supernatural or simply a psychological phenomenon.The climatic dramatic conflict expectedly comes from these two plot lines. Mother and daughter's confrontation about George comes to a head. In parallel, the over-growth of the tree has lead to threats on the underground drainage system of the complaining neighbourhood. Its obvious fate seems inevitable.As mentioned, this movie is after all mainly character driven. The general texture is quietly contemplative. For example, when Dawn asks Tim who is about to leave home to seek his own life if he think that their family is a happy one, the answer from this teenager is typically non-committal, something to the effect that like every other family, theirs is "a bore". There is no negative connotation, but just a motherhood statement that while there would of course be joys and woes, when you live day and day out with your family, life would usually tend to be rather flat. Throughout the movie after their initial bereavement, we share with this family their daily life, sometimes tender, sometimes whimsical, sometimes irritating, always realistic.Cannes (2009) Best Actress winner, bilingual Charlotte Gainsbourg, as always, is wonderful, and completely convincing as Dawn going through a rather tremulous emotional roller-coaster. Equally marvellous, as Simone, is Morgana Davies, little heard of to-date but does not suffer in any way in comparison with the best of them such as Abigail Breslin or Elle Fanning. Supporting them is a solid, capable cast. Photography and background score are appropriately excellent.

Filmed in Queensland, this French Australian co-production is a moving family drama that deals with universal themes of loss, grief, and redemption. The film has been adapted from Judy Pascoe's novel Our Father Who Art In The Tree, and follows a rural family struggling to cope following the sudden death of Peter (Aden Young), the man of the house. The recently widowed Dawn (Charlotte Gainsborough) is having trouble coping, and her family starts to fall apart.Young Simone O'Neill (newcomer Morgana Davies) believes that his spirit lives in the big Moreton Bay fig tree next to their house. She refuses to allow it to be cut down even when its roots and branches threaten to wreck the house. Meanwhile, Dawn finds romance with local plumber George (Marton Csokas), which begins the healing process. However Simone is resentful of his presence and this puts further pressure on the family.There are a few too many subplots here, some of which are never satisfactorily resolved. The Tree explores some painful emotions, and French director Julie Bertucelli (Since Otar Left, etc) handles the material with a sense of compassion and sensitivity. She draws good performances from her small but effective cast, with young Davies a standout with her prickly performance. Nigel Buck's gorgeous cinematography enriches the film.